International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021062019070720942094ENDepartment of Community Medicine, Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa, Madhya PradeshDepartment of Community Medicine, RKDF Medical College and RC, Jatkhedi, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshDepartment of Community Medicine, R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, Madhya PradeshDepartment of Community Medicine, Peoples College of Medical Science and RC, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshDepartment of Community Medicine, RKDF Medical College and RC, Jatkhedi, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh20190707<p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Background</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Tobacco is one of the world’s leading avoidable causes of premature death, disease, and disability. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) survey 2020, there are about 120 million tobacco users in India, and WHO estimates that about 4.9 million die due to tobacco annually, and that by 2020 it will be the principal cause of death and disability. This study is done with objectives to access the prevalence of tobacco consumption, evaluate the impact of health<br />education and intervention. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Methods</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">It was community‑based health educational interventional study conducted in urban slum setting in Bhopal India, comprising 1598 subjects, and out of these 520 participants were assessed for fnal outcome with 3 months study duration. A predesigned, pretested questionnaire proforma was developed containing the study variables including socio‑demographic, education, age, occupation, type of tobacco product consumed and so on and distributed to all study participants in pre‑interventional phase and only in tobacco consumers of<br />post‑interventional phase and then was fnally evaluated. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The prevalence of tobacco use was 32.50% among the tobacco user; 87% were males and rest were females. In post‑interventional phase there was a signifcant difference (</span><span class="fontstyle3">P </span><span class="fontstyle2">&lt; 0.0001) observed in tobacco consumption frequency,<br />impact of staring with criticism, condemnation, denigration and total number of tobacco quitter. </span></p><p><strong></strong><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">After the health educational interventional motivation, majority of users are ready to quit, so we have to help them in quitting which must include the effectual intervention to control the tobacco use by making an effective strong policy by increasing their knowledge by means of IEC and health education.<br /></span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: #00652e;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle3">Area, health education, intervention, poverty, poverty area, prevalence, slums, tobacco<br />uses, tobacco product</span></p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2094http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2094/717717913