Age at initiation & prevalence of tobacco use among school children in Noida, India: a cross-sectional questionnaire based survey.

摘要

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Tobacco use among school children is becoming a serious problem in developing countries. The early age of initiation underscores the urgent need to intervene and protect this vulnerable group from falling prey to this addiction. The present study was thus undertaken to assess the prevalence of tobacco habits among school children, determine the age of initiation of these habits, and compare the age of initiation between students who were more than 15 and