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Keralites spend 9 percent of income on tobacco
Wednesday October 10, 2012 09:48:19 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: Smokers in Kerala spend nearly
nine per cent of their income on smoking, a survey by the Global
Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) revealed Wednesday.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy released the report to Paul
Sebastian, director, Regional Cancer Centre and vice chairman of
Tobacco Free Kerala.
The GAT Survey, conducted under the coordination of the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare in 2009-10, states that the monthly
expenditure of a smoker on cigarettes is Rs.484 and Rs.139 on
bidis.
The survey also says that 58.6 per cent users consume tobacco
within half-an-hour of waking up. In Kerala, 21.4 per cent of
adults including 35.5 per cent of males and 8.5 per cent of
females use tobacco in some form.
While the average age of starting to use tobacco among adults in
India is 17.8 years, in Kerala it is 18.3 years.
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