Use of @entity286 and alcoholic beverages by XXXX and teenagers in a low-income coastal community in south India.

@entity5 @entity286 @entity167 @entity1
To plan and implement @entity5 control measures, information about the baseline habit patterns of the community is needed. A coastal village near Trivandrum, Kerala, Southern India, supported mainly by the fishing industry, was identified for this study with regard to establishing measures to control @entity5 there. @entity5 is prevalent in Kerala. Smoking and chewing @entity286 and drinking alcoholic beverages are the major risk factors for this @entity5 . The socioeconomic status of the fishermen of Kerala is low and their literacy rate is low. The adults in coastal Kerala have been found to have a habit pattern of very high levels of @entity286 and @entity167 use. A survey was conducted to study the @entity286 and @entity167 use habits of 146 @entity1 and teenagers in this village. The percentages of study subjects with pan- @entity286 -chewing, smoking, and drinking habits were 29%, 2%, and 3%, respectively. The habit pattern correlated negatively with education and positively with number of @entity1 per family. This survey provides information that can be used to plan @entity5 education efforts, including redesigning the school curriculum and focusing on high-risk groups.
