Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2003 and 2006 data to tobacco control policy in IndiaDhirendra Narain Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, A 27, Anandpuri, Boring Canal Rd, Patna 800001, Bihar, India
J Sch Health 78:368-73. 2008
..During this same period, India conducted the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in 2003 and 2006 in an effort to track tobacco use among adolescents...
Tobacco water: a special form of tobacco use in the Mizoram and Manipur states of IndiaD N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, A 27, Anandpuri, Patna, Bihar 800001, India
Natl Med J India 17:245-7. 2004
..These have neither been described in the health literature nor are there any reports of epidemiological studies on these products. We collected information on the use of these products in Mizoram and Manipur...
- Tobacco use among students and school personnel in India
Dhirendra Narain Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology A 27, Anandpuri, Boring Canal Road, Patna, India
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 8:417-21. 2007
..The WHO FCTC has recommended actions to monitor and limit the tobacco use in young age groups. One of the actions is to examine the prevalence of tobacco habits in school children 13-15 years of age and of personnel employed in schools...
- Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data to the WHO framework convention on tobacco control: the case for India
Dhirendra Narain Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, Bihar, India
Indian J Public Health 50:76-89. 2006
..Effective enforcement of the provisions of ITCA will show in the receding numbers of tobacco use prevalence figures and reduction in the expenditures associated with tobacco use in India...
- Tobacco control in schools of India: review from India Global School Personnel Survey 2006
D N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India
Indian J Public Health 51:101-6. 2007
..Training of school personnel along with introduction of comprehensive school policies and its vigorous enforcement will help adolescent students and school personnel to adopt and maintain a tobacco free lifestyle...
- Linking India Global Health Professions Student Survey data to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
D N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India
Indian J Cancer 47:30-4. 2010
..The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare could use this information to monitor and evaluate the existing tobacco control program effort in India as well as to develop and implement new tobacco control program initiatives...
Use of tobacco products as dentifrice among adolescents in India: questionnaire studyD N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, A127 Anandpuri, Boring Canal Road, Patna 800001, India
BMJ 328:323-4. 2004
- Tobacco use among school personnel in eight North-eastern states of India
D N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India
Indian J Cancer 40:3-14. 2003
..Over 50% of current smokeless tobacco users reported using betel quid in six states, except Mizoram (20%) and Sikkim (16%). CONCLUSION: Tobacco use among school personnel was high. High smoking rates reported by women were unexpected...
- Tobacco use among students in the eight North-eastern states of India
D N Sinha
School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India
Indian J Cancer 40:43-59. 2003
..Signs of tobacco dependency were already visible in these students, more among those who smoked. In general schools did not educate students about the hazards of tobacco use...
- Carcinogens in tobacco water
Dhirendra Narain Sinha
Natl Med J India 19:110-1. 2006
