AIMS: India houses over 275 million @entity286 users, with 164 million users of only smokeless @entity286 , 69 million exclusive smokers, and 42 million users of both smoking and smokeless @entity286 . This study aims to examine the socio-economic factors associated with types of @entity286 use in a selected rural Indian population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with surveillance data from the Birbhum Population Project (BIRPOP). Total respondents of 29,783 individuals (16,038 @entity1 and 13,745 @entity1 ) aged >= 15   years were surveyed between October 2010 and January 2011. Apart from bivariate analyses, a binary logistic regression was applied to estimate the adjusted odds ratio for socio-economic factors (religion, social group, education, occupation, and wealth quintile) associated with current @entity286 use, current smokeless @entity286 use, and current bidi use among @entity1 and @entity1 . RESULTS: Nearly 22% of @entity1 and 26% of @entity1 were using smokeless @entity286 . While 46% of @entity1 were smoking bidi, only 4% of @entity1 reported smoking bidi. Overall, @entity1 are more likely to use @entity286 . Irrespective of gender, with increasing years of education, @entity1 are less inclined to use @entity286 , and unemployed @entity1 are less likely to use @entity286 . With increasing income, the odds of smokeless @entity286 use and the odds of smoking bidi are higher among @entity1 and @entity1 , respectively. CONCLUSION: The BIRPOP study indicates that irrespective of gender and income, raising the level of awareness through household-based health education could be an effective intervention to minimise the level of @entity286 use.

Socio-economic disparities in XXXX consumption in rural India: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['people', 'women', 'men'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco']
@entity286 :: (4097,Species) :: ['tobacco']
