Praveen Sinha

Biographic Data

ID7700374
NAMEPraveen Sinha
GIVEN NAMESPraveen
FAMILY NAMESinha
SIGNATURESINHA P
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization - India
ORCID0000-0002-1952-2840
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Socioeconomic dynamics of beedi rolling in a Southern Indian state

    Open AccessPraveen Kumar, Muralidhar M Kulkarni et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2025

    This study aims to understand the work patterns and job-related challenges encountered by women who roll beedis, primarily from low-income households in India. Given the risks associated with beedi rolling and the government’s efforts to reduce tobacco use, this study sought to shed light on how these workers and their families may be impacted. Additionally, this study aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on families dependent…

  • Evolution of tobacco pack health warning labels in India- a timely consensus

    Open AccessMadhur Verma, Garima Bhatt et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The Indian experience reveals the scale and sophistication of TII in delaying tobacco control efforts. The successful implementation of PHWL demonstrates the importance of coordinated legal, civil society, and governmental action. This study underscores the need for robust transparency frameworks and multisectoral resistance to industry interference to protect public health gains

  • The Burden and Correlates of Waterpipe (Hookah) Smoking among Adolescents and Youth

    Stuti Sharad Bhargava, Saibal Das et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2024

  • Economy-wide impact of a reduction in tobacco use in India

    Open AccessRijo M John, Badri G Narayanan et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2024

    The impact of targeted prevalence reduction of tobacco use is a win-win for the country considering its positive macroeconomic impacts in terms of net increases in both GDP as well as employment

  • Occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families in India

    Open AccessJyoti Tyagi, Deepti Beri et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    BACKGROUND: Bidi workers and their families are exposed to harmful substances during bidi rolling, thereby jeopardising their health. We aimed to assess existing evidence on health conditions of bidi workers and their families in India. METHODS: We searched nine databases and relevant websites, and conducted citation screening to identify primary studies assessing occupational health hazards of bidi workers and their families. Two authors indepen…

  • Changes in tobacco depictions after implementation of tobacco-free film and TV rules in Bollywood films in India

    Gaurang P Nazar, Monika Arora et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    India's 2012 rules were followed by a reduction in tobacco depictions in Bollywood films. Enhanced monitoring of compliance is needed to ensure the continued effectiveness of the rules

  • The Indian Bidi Industry

    Open AccessMonika Arora, Pritam Datta et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background The bidi industry in India is predominantly an unorganized sector. It continues to enjoy tax benefits, arguably, to protect bidi workers’ interests and employment. Our objective was to study trends in employment and wage differentials in the bidi industry using nationally representative data. Methods We studied trends in employment and wages in the bidi industry using secondary data from the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and the…

  • Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India

    Monika Arora, Gaurang P Nazar et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    Contrary to Section 5 of India's Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, its Rules are not being complied with by the streaming platforms. US-produced streaming media contains more tobacco incidents than Indian-produced media. There is an urgent need for better enforcement of existing Rules on streaming platforms in India, and modernisation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Article 13 guidelines to account for new streaming p…

  • Revisiting the tax treatment of bidis in India

    Open AccessMark Goodchild, Vineet Gill Munish et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    Eliminating India's tax exemptions for small bidis producers would make a significant contribution to tobacco control, both directly by reducing the number of smokers and indirectly by plugging a loophole in the supply chain

  • Raw and real

    Tahir Turk, Pankaj Chaturvedi et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    The evidence on the efficacy of tobacco control messages in low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings is limited but growing. Low message salience and disengagement, in the face of tobacco control messages, are possible barriers to self-efficacy and cessation-related behaviours of tobacco users. Although adaptations of existing pretested graphic and emotional appeals have been found to impact on behaviours, more personalised, culturally relev…