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ITC India Pilot Survey Maansi Bansal-Travers, Ph.D. Department of Health Behavior Roswell Park Cancer Institute. ITC-TTURC Project Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon—March 1, 2008. India: Demographics. India: Prevalence. India: Tobacco Industry. India: FCTC Status.
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ITC India Pilot Survey Maansi Bansal-Travers, Ph.D. Department of Health Behavior Roswell Park Cancer Institute ITC-TTURC Project Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon—March 1, 2008
ITC India Pilot Survey • Conducted in Maharashtra (n=337) and Bihar (n=427) • Each area was broken down into Urban and Rural geographic regions • Survey instrument was translated into Hindi, Marathi, and a few other languages
Health concerns • Do you think smokeless tobacco use is good for your health? • Good: 61 (8%) • Neither good nor bad: 78 (10%) • Not good: 616 (81%) • Do you think smoking is good for your health? • Good: 61 (8%) • Neither good nor bad: 48 (6%) • Not good 649 (85%) • To what extent, if at all, has smoking damaged your health? • Not at all: 251 (51%) • A little: 168 (34%) • Very much: 11 (2%) • Don’t know: 60 (12%)
Health concerns • [Among smokers] In the last month, have you butted out a cigarette or bidi before you finished it because you thought about the harm of smoking? • Yes: 41 (16%) • No: 195 (78%) • If you had to do it over again, you would not have started using tobacco. • Agree: 213 (43%) • Neither agree nor disagree: 23 (5%) • Disagree: 186 (37%) • Have you ever tried to stop smoking? • Yes: 139 (28%) • No: 357 (72%)
Cigarettes vs. Bidis • Compared to smoking cigarettes, do you think bidis are less harmful, more harmful, or no different for health? • Bidis less harmful: 17% • Bidis more harmful: 22% • No difference: 47% • DK: 14%
Cigarettes vs. SLT • Compared to smoking cigarettes, do you think smokeless tobacco products are less harmful, more harmful, or no different for health? • SLT less harmful: 23% • SLT more harmful: 15% • No difference: 48% • DK: 14%
Bidis vs. SLT • Compared to smoking bidis, do you think smokeless tobacco products are less harmful, more harmful, or no different for health? • SLT less harmful: 21% • SLT more harmful: 17% • No difference: 48% • DK: 14%
Health Warnings • As far as you know, do cigarette packages in India have health warning on cigarette packages? • Yes: 326 (43%) • No: 340 (45%) • Don’t know: 94 (12%)