Title

Effect of population based tobacco cessation treatment in India

Authors

Ruchi Mitra^1,*, Arpita Rai², Sarani Sagen Dahanga³, Sandeep Kumar⁴ & Amit Kumar⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, PhuloJhano Medical College and Hospital, Dumka-814110 Jharkhand, India; ²Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi-834009, Jharkhand, India; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medinirai Medical College and Hospital, Palamu, Jharkhand-822118 India; ⁴Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi-834009, Jharkhand, India; ⁵Department of Dentistry, Senior Dentist, Sadar Hospital, Dumka, Jharkhand, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ruchi Mitra -E-mail: drruchimitra@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8580367403
Arpita Rai - E-mail: arpita.dirims@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9871743893
Sarani Sagen Dahanga -E-mail: sagendahanga959@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8789358995
Sandeep Kumar - E-mail: drsandeep40@yahoo.com; Phone: +91 7004049947
Amit Kumar - E-mail: thakur.amit100@gmail.com; Phone: +919686103501

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received March 1, 2026; Revised March 31, 2026; Accepted March 31, 2026, Published March 31, 2026

Abstract

Tobacco use remains a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The state of Jharkhand faces challenges because multiple forms of tobacco are in widespread use and limited resources are available for tobacco control. There is paucity of information related to the effectiveness of community-based tobacco cessation intervention and oral cancer screening program in Jharkhand therefore there is need for the present study. This quasi-experimental study in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, evaluated the effectiveness of an integrated, population-based tobacco cessation intervention implemented in Ayushman Aarogya Mandirs. The intervention comprised pharmacotherapy, behavioural counselling, and capacity building of community health workers. After one year, 657 of 4429 participants achieved cessation, representing a quit rate of 15.03% indicating the effectiveness of involving community health workers at grass root level. Findings demonstrate that combination therapy is more effective than behaviour counselling alone. Thus, we show the value of integrated cessation strategies in public health interventions, particularly in settings with a high burden of tobacco use.

Keywords

Tobacco cessation; quit rate; behavior counselling; pharmacotherapy

Citation

Mitra et al. Bioinformation 22(3): 1828-1833 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.