Factors associated with secondhand tobacco smoke in the home: an exploratory cross-sectional study among women in Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia

Table 2 Rural and urban differences in tobacco and khat use, secondhand smoke exposure, and exposure to point-of-sale advertising (N = 353)

	Total		Rural	Urban	p
	n	%	(n = 179)	(n = 174)	p
Cigarette use
Never smoker	350	(99.2)	177 (98.9)	173 (99.4)	ns
Ever tried but not smoking now	3	(0.8)	2 (1.1)	1 (0.6)	ns
Smokeless tobacco product use
Ever tried but not currently using (chewing tobacco)	2	(0.3)	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	ns
Khat use
Ever chewed	39	(11.0)	4 (2.2)	35 (20.1)	<.001
Chewed in last 30 days (% yes)	12	(3.4)	1 (0.6)	11 (6.3)	ns
Secondhand smoke exposure in home
Live with one or more tobacco users^a	27	(7.6)	9 (5.0)	18 (10.3)	.060
Smoking of tobacco products permitted indoors^b	51	(14.6)	13 (7.3)	38 (21.9)	<.001
Smoking occurs daily inside house^c	50	(14.4)	11 (6.1)	39 (23.1)	<.001
Young children (≤5 years) frequently/always exposed to tobacco smoke indoors^d	11	(5.1)	6 (5.2)	5 (5.0)	ns
Member of household currently involved in growing, manufacturing, or selling tobacco products (% yes)	21	(5.9)	10 (5.6)	11 (6.3)	ns
Exposure to point-of-sale advertising, in last 30 days (% yes)	191	54.1	73 40.8	89 51.1	.055

^aParticipants were asked, “How many people living in your household use tobacco products?”
^bParticipants were asked, “I want to ask you about smoking inside you house. Please answer from the following options. Inside your house smoking is 1) allowed, 2) not allowed, but there are exceptions, 3) never allowed.” (Response 1 or 2 = permitted)
^cParticipants were asked, “How often does someone smoke inside your house? (daily, weekly, monthly, less than monthly, or never)”
^dResults include only respondents with children 5 years or younger (n = 215; Rural = 116, Urban = 99)

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