{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T14:07:54Z","timestamp":1790863674246,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"8","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,8]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Introduction:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, which kills more than 8 million people a year around the world. Transgenders are prone to use and abuse substances including tobacco and alcohol as a coping mechanism to manage minority stress experienced due to high levels of discrimination and lack of acceptance by society.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among transgenders living in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, (1) we aimed to estimate the prevalence and describe the pattern of tobacco use and (2) identify the sociodemographic factors associated with tobacco use.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A community-based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 734 transgender adults living in the Chennai city of Tamil Nadu. A pre-tested, semi-structured interview schedule was used. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and proportions were used for categorical variables. Chi-square test was applied to find the significance of the association between tobacco use and sociodemographic factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of the current use of any form of tobacco products among transgenders was 64.4%. About 27% had tried to stop using tobacco during the past 1 year. Education status, socioeconomic class, and occupation were significantly associated with the current use of any form of tobacco and trying to quit tobacco use.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of tobacco use among transgenders is alarming. The present study findings highlight the need to increase awareness activities by health authorities and non-government organizations (NGOs)\/community-based organizations (CBOs) to generate awareness about the health hazards of tobacco use among transgenders. Tobacco control programs focussing on transgenders are essential.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_26_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,13]],"date-time":"2022-09-13T06:27:00Z","timestamp":1663050420000},"page":"4452-4459","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The pattern of tobacco use and the associated socio-demographic factors among Transgenders living in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu, India"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Sree T.","family":"Sucharitha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rangasawmy","family":"Pradeep","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Madha Medical College and Research Institute, Tandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashokkumar","family":"Vikram","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chinnaian","family":"Sivagurunathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mani","family":"Ezhilvanan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K.","family":"Premkumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"B2-20240828","first-page":"1","article-title":"Exploring transgender and gender diverse young adult tobacco use","author":"Hinds","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Homosex"},{"key":"B3-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"111","DOI":"10.4103\/ijsp.ijsp_25_17","article-title":"Resilience among transgender persons: Indian perspective","volume":"34","author":"Virupaksha","year":"2018","journal-title":"Indian J Soc Psychiatry"},{"key":"B4-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"412","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)00684-X","article-title":"Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: A review","volume":"388","author":"Reisner","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"B6-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1538","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_1128_19","article-title":"High levels of non-communicable diseases risk factors among transgenders in Puducherry, South India","volume":"9","author":"Madhavan","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Family Med Prim Care"},{"key":"B7-20240828","first-page":"577","article-title":"Knowledge attitude and practices of smoking habits among transgender living in Chennai city","volume":"10","author":"Mathivadani","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Res Pharm Sci"},{"key":"B8-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"727","DOI":"10.18203\/2394-6040.ijcmph20190198","article-title":"Prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors among male to female transgenders: A cross sectional study","volume":"6","author":"Shenoy","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Community Med Public Health"},{"key":"B11-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"154","DOI":"10.4103\/jiaphd.jiaphd_52_21","article-title":"Updated BG Prasad socioeconomic status classification for the year 2021","volume":"19","author":"Khairnar","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent"},{"key":"B12-20240828","first-page":"184","article-title":"Prevalence and pattern of smoking alcohol and illicit drug uses among the transgender in Coimbatore district","volume":"4","author":"Selvakumari","year":"2017","journal-title":"Int J Adv Res Innovation"},{"key":"B13-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"161","DOI":"10.1016\/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.013","article-title":"Tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young adults varies by sexual and gender identity","volume":"201","author":"Delahanty","year":"2019","journal-title":"Drug Alcohol Depend"},{"key":"B14-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1097\/EBP.0000000000001363","article-title":"Do lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals have a higher prevalence of tobacco use than their cisgender or heterosexual counterparts?","volume":"25","author":"Rebecca","year":"2022","journal-title":"Evidence-Based Practice"},{"key":"B16-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"694","DOI":"10.1080\/00952990.2016.1225072","article-title":"Patterns of youth tobacco and poly tobacco usage: The shift to alternative tobacco products","volume":"43","author":"Harrell","year":"2017","journal-title":"Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse"},{"key":"B17-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S88","DOI":"10.1093\/ntr\/nty050","article-title":"Polytobacco use and nicotine dependence symptoms among us adults 2012-2014","volume":"20","author":"Sung","year":"2018","journal-title":"Nicotine Tob Res"},{"key":"B19-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109268","DOI":"10.1016\/j.drugalcdep.2022.109268","article-title":"Nicotine\/tobacco use disparities among transgender and gender diverse adults: Findings from wave 4 PATH data","volume":"232","author":"Sawyer","year":"2022","journal-title":"Drug Alcohol Depend"},{"key":"B20-20240828","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"114073","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0114073","article-title":"Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use in India: Evidence from recent global adult tobacco survey data","volume":"9","author":"Singh","year":"2014","journal-title":"PLoS One"}],"container-title":["Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_26_22","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T19:16:27Z","timestamp":1787771787000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_26_22"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,8]]},"references-count":14,"journal-issue":{"issue":"8","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_26_22","relation":{},"ISSN":["2249-4863","2278-7135"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2249-4863","type":"print"},{"value":"2278-7135","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,8]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2022-01-04","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2022-03-10","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}