Epidemiological study of oral tobacco use amongst urban slum inhabitants in Malwani, Mumbai.

Dr. Joshi Abhishek U.; Dr. Sadawarte Mandar K; Dr. Nandanwar Deepika Y; Dr. Wasnik Sumit G.; Dr. Siddiqui Aftab A.

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

Epidemiological study of oral tobacco use amongst urban slum inhabitants in Malwani, Mumbai.

Dr. Joshi Abhishek U. , Dr. Sadawarte Mandar K, Dr. Nandanwar Deepika Y, Dr. Wasnik Sumit G. , Dr. Siddiqui Aftab A.

Abstract :

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. This study is a Cross sectional observational study of 2 months on 384 urban slum inhabitants of Ambujwadi area in Malwani, Mumbai about oral tobacco use. Here, prevalence and pattern of oral tobacco use; its socio–demographic factors are studied followed by oral cavity examination. Every participant was personally interviewed and semi structured questionnaire was filled, followed by oral cavity examination. It was found that 58.6% men and 61.9% women used oral tobacco. Maximum subjects used it since 11 to 20 years and were using 6 to 10 units/day. Total 56 subjects had Oral Sub–mucous Fiosis (OSMF) while 55 had difficulty in chewing. It was concluded that Oral Tobacco use is highly prevalent in urban slums. The use starting in adolescent years for varied reasons resulted in irreversible oral morbidities.