Receipt of healthcare provider advice to quit tobacco use among Indian men

A research article by Prakash Kodali, PhD, MPhil, MPH, a Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education 2025 Visiting Scholar, and Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education Fellowship Co-Director,  was just published in PLOS One. 

 

In this study, the authors explored the 2015−16 and 2019−21 Indian National Family Health Surveys, to assess the prevalence of receipt of healthcare provider advice to quit and its associated factors among male combustible tobacco users. While healthcare provider advice to quit did increase between the 2015−16 and 2019−21 surveys, it was limited to those who fit the risk factor profile of a middle-aged male with non-communicable diseases.

 

The findings present a pressing need for interventions to increase healthcare provider advice to quit to other demographics of men who smoke.