Prevalence of physical nicotine dependence and its determinants among tobacco users in the rural field practice area of a tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu, India

• Egile Nagusiak: Jamine Sharmila (Egilea), J Anugraha (Egilea), R Umadevi (Egilea), Anantha Easwar (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Tobacco is the major cause of preventable death globally, which kills one person prematurely every six seconds. In India, around 46.9% of men and women aged 15 years and above use any kind of tobacco, according to NFHS-5. Tobacco use for longer duration with increased frequency is often...