Geospatial analysis of distributions of Tobacco and Alcohol use in India

Geospatial Analysis on the Distributions of Tobacco Smoking and Alcohol Drinking in India

CGHR’s novel publication on Indian district level tobacco and alcohol use by GIS Tech Hana Fu appears in the journal PLOSOne.

From the abstract:

“Tobacco smoking and binge alcohol drinking are two of the leading risk factors for premature mortality worldwide. In India, studies have examined the geographic distributions of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking only at the state-level; sub-state variations and the spatial association between the two consumptions are poorly understood. [Read on…]