Tobacco Usage in Uttarakhand: A Dangerous Combination of High Prevalence, Widespread Ignorance, and Resistance to Quitting

Table 3

Awareness about risks/harms of tobacco usage in subgroups (percentage of those who were aware of the risks).

	Passive smoking (%)	Stroke association (%)	Infertility (%)	Heart disease (%)	Lung cancer (%)
Overall % who were aware of harms	73.5	40.5	32.5	67	89.3
Age group
18–34	75.9	44.6	42.5	74.1	97.5
35–51	78.5	36.7	28.5	63.7	92.1
52–67	65.0	26.2	17.4	62.9	91.1
68>	46.3	15.5	13.4	29.5	88.8
Gender
Male	80.0	41.7	33.4	72.1	93.0
Female	67.0	33.7	33.7	62.0	85.5
Education status
Higher studies	85.1	58.8	46.1	90.2	98.0
Higher secondary	87.2	49.9	41.7	83.0	97.3
Upper primary	75.8	43.7	40.2	76.2	97.2
Primary	68.2	41.7	29.7	56.6	92.2
No formal education	63.1	18.6	20.1	49.0	77.4