CHENNAI: Lectures, walkathons and survey releases will happen over the weekend across the city for World No Tobacco Day (May 31). But messages echoing from everywhere are the same – TN, like every other state, should bring down the use of tobacco to reduce health and environmental hazards.
The key indicators of the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey released by the Union health ministry recently showed that in Tamil Nadu tobacco use was higher among men compared to women. While 20.1% of men above 15 years used any kind of tobacco, it was 4.9% among women. Across genders, the use of tobacco was higher among the rural population. Among women, for instance, 7.3% in rural areas and 2.3% in urban areas used tobacco. In men, 23.3% of rural men used tobacco compared to 16.7% in urban areas.
