Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021

Table 1

Percentage of the population age 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco, according to background characteristics, India, 2019-21.

Background characteristic	Urban	Rural	Total	Number of men
Age
15-19	4.24	7.6	6.5	125,345
20-34	22.97	33.59	29.9	316,520
35-49	38.58	54.62	48.9	254,932
50 or above	36.57	57.87	50.9	291,917
Level of schooling
No schooling	53.8	65.0	62.7	156,482
Primary	48.3	59.0	56.0	137,823
Secondary	29.0	36.0	33.4	521,487
Higher	14.0	17.0	15.2	172,272
Religion of household head
Hindu	29.0	43.5	38.8	808,894
Muslim	31.6	43.1	38.0	124,581
Others	19.7	30.4	26.5	55,388
Caste/tribe of household head
Unreserved	25.5	37.7	32.1	222,800
OBC	27.0	40.3	35.8	414,322
SC/ST	35.4	48.1	44.9	302,693
Wealth quintile
Lowest	58.5	58.3	28.3	171,071
Second	46.3	47.4	47.3	188,773
Middle	39.8	38.3	38.7	201,517
Fourth	31.2	30.1	30.9	208,657
Highest	19.9	22.2	20.5	218,844
Total	28.8	42.7	38.0	988,713