Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Students in India: A Multicentric Cross-sectional Study.

12 Tobacco consumption and nicotine addiction is a major global concern, popularly known as the “brown epidemic.” 13 The prevalence of smoking is as high as 51.0% in men (WHO Western Pacific Region) and 22.0% in women (WHO European Region) with an increasing trend in adolescent girls and boys globally. 13 In India, alcohol use figures vary widely from 3.8% to 21.0%, with men 9.7 times more likely to regularly use alcohol as compared to women. 8 , 9 , 14 Prevalence of smoking has been estimated as 26.0% in males and 4.0% in females.

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