Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021
Table 2
Percentage of men aged 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 each day on average, India, 2019-21.
Tobacco use
Urban
Rural
Total 15-49
value (rural and urban)
Total 15-54
Use of tobacco
Smokes cigarettes
14.6
12.5
13.2
0.000
13.3
Smokes bidis
4.5
8.3
7
0.000
7.8
Smokes cigars
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.716
0.6
Smokes a pipe
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.611
0.1
Smokes a hookah
0.3
0.7
0.5
0.000
0.6
Chews paan masala or gutka
12
15.8
14.5
0.000
14.2
Uses khaini
6.6
14.5
11.7
0.000
12.1
Chews paan with tobacco
3.4
6
5.1
0.000
5.3
Other chewing tobacco
1.5
1.9
1.8
0.000
1.8
Uses snuff
0
0.1
0.1
0.022
0.1
Other
0.3
0.6
0.5
0.000
0.5
Does not use tobacco
67.9
57.1
60.9
0.000
59.7
Number of respondents
32,852
60,291
93,144
1,01,839
Number of cigarettes smoked each day on average
<5
67.8
74.4
71.8
0.000
70.9
5-9
17.9
10.5
13.4
13.8
10-14
7.1
5.8
6.3
6.6
15-24
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.5
25 or more
1.3
0.4
0.7
0.8
Missing
4.4
7.5
6.3
6.4
Number of cigarette smokers
4784
7537
12,321
13,513
Number of bidis smoked each day on average
<5
19.4
20.8
20.5
0.000
19.9
5-9
24.4
25.9
25.6
25.9
10-14
33.9
27.1
28.6
28.1
15-24
14.7
20.7
19.3
19.8
25 or more
3.4
4.2
4
4.4
Missing
4.1
1.3
1.9
1.8
Number of bidis smokers
1474
5007
6482
7974
Number of cigarettes/bidis smoked each day on average
