Tobacco Smoking and Use of Smokeless Tobacco and Their Association with Psychological Distress and Other Factors in a Rural District in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Smoking status by age and gender in a rural district in Bangladesh.

	Never smoked	Past smoker	Current smoker	SLT use	Tobacco smoking and SLT use
Total	1180 (48.7)	36 (1.5)	621 (25.6)	569 (23.5)	19 (0.8)
Gender
Female	750 (60.6)	0	113 (9.1)	375 (30.3)	0
Male	430 (36.2)	36 (3.0)	508 (42.8)	194 (16.3)	19 (1.6)
Age group
18–39	496 (74)	1 (0.1)	135 (20.1)	37 (5.5)	1 (0.1)
40–59	304 (50)	1 (0.2)	194 (31.9)	102 (16.8)	7 (1.2)
60–69	292 (33.1)	19 (2.2)	238 (27.0)	328 (37.1)	6 (0.7)
70+	88 (33.3)	15 (5.7)	54 (20.5)	102 (38.6)	5 (1.9)