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Tobacco use by women and men |
Percentage of women and men age 15-49 and men age 15-54 by their use of tobacco, and percent distribution of those who smoke cigarettes or bidis, by number of cigarettes/bidis smoked in the 24 hours preceding the survey, India, 2005-06 | | Women | Men | | Tobacco use | Urban | Rural | Total 15-49 | Urban | Rural | Total 15-49 | Total 15-54 | | Use of tobacco | | Smokes cigarettes or bidis | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 28.7 | 35.0 | 32.7 | 33.4 | | Smokes cigars or pipe | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | | Chews paan masala, gutkha, or other tobacco | 5.5 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 31.1 | 39.6 | 36.5 | 36.3 | | Uses snuff | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | | Other | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | | Does not use tobacco | 93.3 | 87.1 | 89.1 | 50.1 | 38.9 | 43.0 | 42.4 | | Number of respondents | 40,817 | 83,568 | 124,385 | 25,504 | 44,247 | 69,751 | 74,369 | | Number of cigarettes/bidis smoked in the past 24 hours | | 0 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | | 1-4 | 40.6 | 46.5 | 45.8 | 35.2 | 29.2 | 31.2 | 30.1 | | 5-9 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 23.9 | 18.3 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 16.9 | | 10 or more | 24.0 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 38.1 | 45.0 | 42.8 | 44.0 | | Missing | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | Number of cigarette/bidi smokers | 196 | 1,510 | 1,707 | 7,322 | 15,478 | 22,800 | 24,875 |
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