Abstract

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey has 15 key indicators, cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) among daily smokers being one of them. The first wave of GATS in 14 countries indicated that mean CPD use is higher in women than men in India only, which is contrary to the current understanding of tobacco use globally. This study was undertaken to understand the unusual findings for mean CPD use in the GATS-India survey. Items B06a and B06b of the GATS India survey questionnaire that collected information on daily consumption of manufactured and rolled cigarettes were analyzed using SPSS software. Exclusive users were identified from these items after excluding the concurrent users of other tobacco products. Cigarette type, exclusive use and gender stratified analyses were made. Consumption of different types of cigarettes among the mixed users of manufactured and rolled cigarettes were correlated. Higher mean number of CPD use among male daily-smokers was observed than their female counterparts in product specific analysis. Mean CPD as per GATS cigarette definition was higher in males than females for exclusive users but a reverse trend was observed in case of non-exclusive users. Use of manufactured cigarettes increased with increase in use of rolled cigarette among the mixed users and around half of these users reported equal CPD frequency for the both types of cigarettes. The anomaly in mean CPD estimate in GATS-India data was due to inclusion of two heterogeneous products to define cigarettes, variation in cigarette product specific user proportions contributing to the average and non-exclusive concurrent use of other tobacco products. The consumption pattern of cigarettes among the mixed users highlights bias in CPD reporting. Definition, analysis and interpretation of 'cigarettes per day' in the GATS India survey need to be improved by redefining cigarettes and making product specific analyses.

Highlights

  • The global tobacco surveillance system (GTSS) has been initiated to monitor the tobacco epidemic and tobacco control interventions

  • The first wave of Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in 14 countries indicated that mean cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) use is higher in women than men in India only, which is contrary to the current understanding of tobacco use globally

  • Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) among the daily cigarette smokers is one of the key GATS indicators

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Introduction

The global tobacco surveillance system (GTSS) has been initiated to monitor the tobacco epidemic and tobacco control interventions. Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) among the daily cigarette smokers is one of the key GATS indicators. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey has 15 key indicators, cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) among daily smokers being one of them. The first wave of GATS in 14 countries indicated that mean CPD use is higher in women than men in India only, which is contrary to the current understanding of tobacco use globally. Results: Higher mean number of CPD use among male daily-smokers was observed than their female counterparts in product specific analysis. Conclusions: The anomaly in mean CPD estimate in GATS-India data was due to inclusion of two heterogeneous products to define cigarettes, variation in cigarette product specific user proportions contributing to the average and non-exclusive concurrent use of other tobacco products. Definition, analysis and interpretation of ‘cigarettes per day’ in the GATS India survey need to be improved by redefining cigarettes and making product specific analyses

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