Prevalence and association between alcohol, tobacco, and COVID-19: a study from a tribal predominant district in eastern India

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9,429/ India (est. current tobacco use age 15+ was 26.9% in 2020; smoking=8.1%) C=within 3 months, F=not T=tobacco S=smoking only L=smokeless only B=both Of 1,425 with Covid-19, CT=17.8% & FT=4.5% CS=2.9% & FS=2.6% CL=14.4% & FL=1.9% CB=0.5

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Our @WHOSEARO funded project (PI: @narasimha_gvl) published in @FrontPubHealth https://t.co/ymph64oWD2 The report also came in @prabhatkhabar for dissemination. @drsaurabh68 @deoghar_aiims @Jagdish_Kaur64 @MoHFW_INDIA @DCDeoghar https://t.co/qQF2jj2j5