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Table 2 Weighted prevalence of different types of Smokeless Tobacco used

From: Declining trends in smokeless tobacco use among Indian women: findings from global adult tobacco survey I and II

Types of SLT

GATS-1 (N = 35,529)

GATS-2 (N = 40,265)

n,% (CI)

n,% (CI)

Betel quid with tobacco product

1541,

4.34 (4.13–4.55)

1575,

3.91 (3.72–4.11)

Khaini or tobacco lime mixture

1602,

4.51 (4.30–4.73)

1492,

3.71 (3.52–3.89)

Gutkha /tobacco lime, areca nut mixture

875,

2.46 (2.30–2.63)

888,

2.21 (2.06–2.35)

Oral tobacco, such as snuff and gul gudakhu

2069,

5.82 (5.58–6.07)

1560,

3.87 (3.69–4.07)

Pan masala and betel quid without tobacco

489,

1.38 (1.26–1.50)

374,

0.93 (0.84–1.03)

Nasal use of snuff

374,

1.05 (0.95–1.16)

206,

0.51 (0.44–0.59)

Others

963,

2.71 (2.54–2.88)

72,

0.18 (0.14–0.23)