Prevalence and correlates of smoking among urban adult men in Bangladesh: slum versus non-slum comparison

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Prevalence of smoking variables among men by the urban slum and non-slum areas in Bangladesh

Variables	Slum		Non-slum		Total		P
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Currently smoke cigarette:
No	3027	46.7	3138	55.4	6155	50.7	< 0.001
Yes	3461	53.3	2529	44.6	5990	49.3
No. of cigarette on a typical day:
No	3027	46.7	3138	55.4	6165	50.7	< 0.001
1–10	2594	40.0	1906	33.6	4500	37.0
11–20	729	11.2	510	9.0	1239	10.2
21+	138	2.1	113	2.0	251	2.1
Average (daily)		9.9		9.3
Currently smoke bidi:
No	5748	88.6	5487	96.8	11235	92.4	< 0.001
Yes	740	11.4	180	3.2	920	7.6
No. of bidi on a typical day:
No	5748	88.6	5487	96.8	11235	92.4	< 0.001
1–10	371	5.7	78	1.4	449	3.7
11–20	190	2.9	65	1.1	255	2.1
21+	178	2.7	36	0.6	214	1.8
Average (daily)		13.9		13.3
Currently smoking any of the two:
None	2606	40.2	3037	53.6	5643	46.4	< 0.001
Only cigarette	3142	48.4	2450	43.2	5592	46.0
Only bidi	421	6.5	101	1.8	522	4.3
Both	319	4.9	79	1.4	398	3.3

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