title: Determinant factors of tobacco use among ever-married men in Bangladesh.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The burden of tobacco use is shifting from developed to developing countries. This study aimed to explore the different types of tobacco use, and to identify the determinant factors associated with the tobacco use among ever-married men in Bangladesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 3,771 ever-married men, 15-54 years of age were extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007. Prevalence rate, chi-square (χ(2)) test, and binary logistic regression analysis were used as the statistical tools to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tobacco use through smoking (58.68%) was found to be higher than that of chewing (21.63%) among men, which was significantly more prevalent among the poorest, less educated, and businessmen. In bivariate analysis, all the socioeconomic factors were found significantly associated with tobacco use; while in multivariate analysis, age, education, wealth index, and occupation were identified as the significant predictors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tobacco use was found to be remarkably common among males in Bangladesh. The high prevalence of tobacco use suggests that there is an urgent need for developing intervention plans to address this major public health problem in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga, Bangladesh ; Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Shafiur
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Nazrul Islam
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Rafiqul
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Md Mizanur
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Hobby Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: M Nazrul
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hoque
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Ecology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Md Shamsher
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alam
keywords: chewing tobacco; logistic regression model; prevalence rate; smoking tobacco; tobacco use