Association between tobacco consumption and alcohol, vegetable and fruit intake across urban and rural areas in Mozambique

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ID11174162
AuthorsPatrícia Padrão (0000-0001-6310-4956, Universidade do Porto), Carla Silva-Matos (0000-0001-6452-2252), Carla Silva‐Matos (Ministry of Health), Albertino Damasceno (0000-0003-0925-494X, Eduardo Mondlane University), Nuno Lunet (0000-0003-1870-1430, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume65
Issue5
Pages445-453
Publication date2011-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech.2009.099440
PMID20530154
OpenAlexW2145588153
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited42

BACKGROUND: Smoking, alcohol consumption and unhealthy diet are known to cluster, but evidence from developing countries at the early phases of the tobacco epidemics and with markedly different cultures, lifestyles and forms of tobacco use is scarce. The objective of this study was to quantify the association between tobacco consumption (manufactured cigarettes, hand-rolled cigarettes and smokeless tobacco) and alcohol, fruit and vegetable intake in Mozambique according to place of residence (urban/rural). METHODS: A representative sample of 12 902 Mozambicans aged 25-64 years was evaluated in a national household survey conducted in 2003 using a structured questionnaire. Age- and education-adjusted ORs were computed to estimate the association between tobacco consumption and alcohol, fruit and vegetable intake. RESULTS: Tobacco use and overall alcohol drinking were positively associated, regardless of type of tobacco consumed, but smoking of hand-rolled cigarettes and consumption of smokeless tobacco was negatively associated with beer drinking. Smokers of manufactured cigarettes had a less frequent intake of fruit, but smokeless tobacco consumption and hand-rolled cigarette smoking were not inversely related with intake of fruit or vegetables. This pattern was relatively consistent across genders and urban/rural areas, with the observed differences likely to be explained either by random variation or heterogeneity in tobacco consumption patterns across genders or places of residence. CONCLUSION: Strong associations between tobacco consumption and the intake of alcoholic beverages, vegetable and fruit intake are found, but not consistently for all forms of tobacco use

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Biology · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Population · Residence · Smokeless tobacco · Tobacco use · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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