Practice and awareness of migrant pregnant women living in urban slums towards tobacco consumption

Background: Annually, 1.35 million tobacco attributable mortalities occur in India. The problem is alarming and exacerbated in the case of migrants living in low socioeconomic conditions. Past researchers indicated migrant pregnant women are most vulnerable in this regard. Aim: The objective of the study is to find out the tobacco related practices and awareness of migrant pregnant females residing in the urban slums area of Aligarh city. Method: A crosssectional study with a sample size of 314 was conducted. Three hypotheses were proposed based on the available evidences. Data collection was done by a pre-tested interview schedule. Awareness level was captured by scoring the responses of participants. For statistical analysis IBM-SPSS (version 22.0) was utilized. Linear regression, unpaired t-test and ANOVA methods were employed for analysis and hypothesis testing. Results: About one-third of the respondents consumed tobacco product in the past, out of which approximately 31% of the respondent consumed tobacco during pregnancy.