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Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
 
 
Submission date: 2002-02-03
 
 
Acceptance date: 2002-05-14
 
 
Publication date: 2002-06-15
 
 
Corresponding author
RK Chadda
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences, Dilshad Garden, PO Box 9520 Delhi 110095, India
 
 
Tobacco Induced Diseases 2002;1(June):111
 
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Adolescents are the most vulnerable population to initiate tobacco use. It is now well established that most of the adult users of tobacco start tobacco use in childhood or adolescence. There has been a perceptible fall in smoking in the developed countries after realization of harmful effects of tobacco. The tobacco companies are now aggressively targeting their advertising strategies in the developing countries like India. Adolescents often get attracted to tobacco products because of such propaganda. There has been a rapid increase in trade and use of smokeless tobacco products in recent years in the country, which is a matter of serious concern to the health planners. It is important to understand various factors that influence and encourage young teenagers to start smoking or to use other tobacco products. The age at first use of tobacco has been reduced considerably. However, law enforcing agencies have also taken some punitive measures in recent years to curtail the use of tobacco products. This paper focuses on various tobacco products available in India, the extent of their use in adolescents, factors leading to initiation of their use, and the preventive strategies, which could be used to deal with this menace.
 
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