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Research papers: Leland K Ackerson, Ichiro Kawachi, Elizabeth M Barbeau, and S V Subramanian Exposure to domestic violence associated with adult smoking in India: a population based study Tob Control 2007; 16: 378-383 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Alcohol abuse - a major cause of DV is missing.

Dr. Urmila Jagadeesan Nair   (21 December 2007)

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Leland K. Ackerson, S. V. Subramanian   (17 January 2008)

Alcohol abuse - a major cause of DV is missing. 21 December 2007
Dr. Urmila Jagadeesan Nair, Research Scientist Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum Germany Send letter to journal: Re: Alcohol abuse - a major cause of DV is missing. u.nair{at}dkfz.de Dr. Urmila Jagadeesan Nair	This study by Ackerson et al concludes that Domestic violence is associated with higher odds of smoking and chewing tobacco in India. The authors have taken into account a range of individual and household level demographic and socioeconomic covariates. Odds ratios obtained for the risk have been adjusted for location of residence, age, sex, religion, caste, marital status, education, employment, living standard, pregnancy status and body mass index. However,one of the major factors world wide, that has consistently emerged as high risk for domestic abuse is alcohol addiction/abuse. A number of reports from India , Pakistan and several other countries have also made this observation. Why this important parameter as not been taken into consideration in this study is unfathomable. Tobacco use in all forms have been shown to have a wide range of ill- efects on health including cancer of various sites cardiovascular diseases to mention a few. Therefore any loopholes in studies involving tobacco should be effectively addressed.
Corrections 17 January 2008
Leland K. Ackerson, Research Fellow Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, S. V. Subramanian Send letter to journal: Re: Corrections leland_ackerson{at}dfci.harvard.edu Leland K. Ackerson, et al.	We have found a series of slight typographical errors in the text of our paper(1) from the December 2007 issue. The results in the full sample should have read that, compared to those living in households where women reported no domestic violence, the odds of smoking were 1.25 (95% confidence interval 1.20 to 1.31) times higher for those living in households where women reported past abuse, and 1.38 (95% confidence interval 1.33 to 1.44) times higher for those living in households where women reported current abuse. The figure representing these results is correct as published. These corrections are not substantially different from the results reported and do not alter the findings of the paper. 1. Ackerson LK, Kawachi I, Barbeau EM, Subramanian SV. Exposure to domestic violence associated with adult smoking in India: a population based study. Tob Control 2007;16(6):378-83.