Tobacco product | Users2
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| | Male | Female | All |
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| | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) |
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Hookah3
| 121 | 13.8 (5.8, 21.8) | 39 | 1.3 (0.2, 2.4) | 160 | 8.3 (3.8, 12.7) |
Sheesha3
| 102 | 8.3 (0.8, 15.8) | 41 | 1.3 (0.2, 2.5) | 143 | 5.2 (1.0, 9.4) |
Bidi4
| 104 | 8.8 (1.2, 16.4) | 40 | 1.3 (0.2, 2.4) | 144 | 5.5 (1.2, 9.7) |
Naswar5
| 157 | 11.1 (3.4, 18.9) | 44 | 2.2 (0.2, 4.3) | 201 | 7.2 (2.9, 11.5) |
Gutka6
| 142 | 9.4 (1.9, 16.9) | 50 | 2.7 (0.5, 5.0) | 192 | 6.4 (2.1, 10.8) |
Tobacco in paan7
| 160 | 11.5 (3.8, 19.3) | 63 | 2.2 (1.0, 3.5) | 223 | 7.4 (3.1, 11.7) |
- Notes:
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1The sample data is weighted such that the urban–rural proportion in each of the four provinces is the same as that reported in the 1998 Population and Housing Census. The weighted percentage gives a weighted national average.
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2Users used product “daily or on some days of the week”.
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3“Flavored tobacco is burned in a smoking bowl covered with foil and coal. The smoke is cooled by filtration through a basin of water and consumed through a hose and mouth-piece.” (17, page 26).
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4“Hand-rolled Indian cigarette; temburni leaf rolled into a conical shape together with flaked tobacco and secured with a thread.” (24, page 56).
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5“Naswar is a mixture of sun-dried, sometimes only partially cured, powdered local tobacco (N.rustica), ash, oil, flavouring agents (e.g. cardamom, menthol) colouring agents (indigo) and in some areas, slaked lime.” (18, page 52).
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6“Sun-dried, roasted, finely chopped tobacco, areca nut, slaked lime and catechu mixed together with several other ingredients such as flavourings and sweeteners.” (18, page 50).
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7“It is also called Betel quid with tobacco and has four main ingredients; betel quid, areca nut, slaked lime and tobacco. Various tobacco preparations are used in un-processed, processed or manufactured forms.” (18, page 49).
