Cessation outcomes and healthcare provider advice to quit among tobacco users: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2018–2019 Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India survey
A paper authored by CTCRE 2025 Visiting Scholar Prakash Kodali, PhD, MPhil, MPH, was just published in the latest volume of Tobacco Induced Diseases. Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, is a co-author on the paper.
By conducting a secondary analysis of the 2018–2019 Tobacco Control Policy India Wave 3 survey data, researchers found that one in ten lifetime tobacco users successfully quit, while one in five current users attempted to quit, and less than one in ten tobacco quit attempts was supported by cessation services.