Tobacco Use Among Rural Schoolchildren of 13-15 Years Age Group: A Cross-Sectional Study.

This article discusses research on the use of tobacco by rural teenagers in India. The research applied simple random sampling in selecting students from co-education schools and used a structured close-ended questionnaire for data collection. It showed their knowledge of tobacco and tobacco products and history of tobacco use. It revealed the reasons for initiation of tobacco use among users: access to and availability of tobacco; the source of funding for tobacco habit; and the history of tobacco usage among family and teachers.