Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health

Recent papers from Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health

1. Understanding bidi industry from the lenses of bidi workforce: an exploratory studyTobacco Control · 2026
2. Association of Diabetes with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Asia: A Pooled Analysis of More Than 1 Million Participants2019
3. Tobacco Smoking and Mortality in Asia A Pooled Meta-analysis2019
4. Cessation outcomes and healthcare provider advice to quit among tobacco users: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2018–2019 Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India surveyTobacco Induced Diseases · 2026
5. Religiosity, school connectedness, and tobacco use susceptibility: a longitudinal study of adolescents in Mumbai and Kolkata, IndiaBMC Public Health · 2025
6. Adaptation drivers of evidence-based brief advice/counselling for tobacco use in high-reach, low-resource settings in Mumbai: a qualitative exploration with patients, practitioners and policymakersBMJ Open · 2025
7. High burden of severe and very severe undernutrition among adults with tuberculosis: findings from a state wide operational research in Chhattisgarh, IndiaExpert Review of Respiratory Medicine · 2025
8. Is household contact investigation a missing link for tuberculosis care in Chhattisgarh, India?–Operational research using programmatic dataPLOS Global Public Health · 2025
9. Establishing Priorities for the Effective Implementation of Tobacco Control Program at National and Subnational Level in India: A Delphi Study.2025
10. Mortality Fractions Attributable to Smoking and Smokeless and Mixed Tobacco Use Among Men and Women Across India, 1998–2021Nicotine & Tobacco Research · 2025
11. Challenges and opportunities in implementing and enforcing India’s loose cigarette sales ban: A qualitative stakeholder analysisPLoS ONE · 2024
12. Post-discharge tobacco abstinence in a Mumbai hospital after implementation of tobacco cessation counseling: A pragmatic evaluation of the LifeFirst programPLoS ONE · 2024
13. Association Between Cigarette and Bidi Purchase Behavior (Loose vs Pack) and Health Warning Label Exposure: Findings From the Tobacco Control Policy India Survey and In-Depth Interviews With People Who SmokeJMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2024
14. Adapting and Evaluating a Brief Advice Tobacco Cessation Intervention in High-reach, Low-resource Settings in India: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled TrialJMIR Research Protocols · 2024
15. Variability in addictive and carcinogenic potential of smokeless tobacco products marketed in Mumbai, India: a surveillance studyThe Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia · 2024
16. Are Anti-Tobacco Messages Delivered through Different Mass-Media Channels Effective in India? Results from GATS-II SurveyAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention · 2024
17. Oral cancer in IndiaOral Diseases · 2024
18. Long-term exposure to particulate matter and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in an analysis of multiple Asian cohortsEnvironment International · 2024
19. “The ban is there, but it is not there”: perceptions of cigarette users and tobacco vendors regarding ban on the sale of loose cigarettes in IndiaFrontiers in Public Health · 2024
20. Diabetes and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in the Asia Cohort Consortium: A pooled analysis of more than a half million participantsJournal of Diabetes · 2024