Table 3.

Characteristics of men who currently smoked (and its 95% CI) in nine Asian INDEPTH HDSS

	Bangladesh				India	Vietnam		Indonesia	Thailand
Current men smoker	Matlab	Mirsarai	Abhoynagar	WATCH	Vadu	Chililab	Filabavi	Purworejo	Kanchanaburi
Age when started smoking daily	19.8	18.6	19.4	20.2	27.9	20.7	19.8	18	19.4
	(19.4–20.3)	(18.1–19)	(18.8–20.1)	(19.7–20.7)	(25–30.8)	(20.3–21.2)	(19.3–20.2)	(17.6–18.4)	(18.9–19.8)
Proportion who smoked manufactured cigarettes	78.4	73.7	36.2	40	40.2	70.1	41.7	57	33.2
	(74.9–82)	(70.3–77.1)	(31.6–40.8)	(35.8–44.2)	(28.9–51.5)	(66.1–74.1)	(37.5–46)	(53.1–61)	(29.1–37.2)
Number of manufactured cigarettes smoked daily	9.6	13.6	5.4	9.2	2.7	11.4	8.8	8	11.6
	(9–10.2)	(12.7–14.4)	(4.8–5.9)	(8.3–10)	(1.6–3.8)	(10.7–12.2)	(7.9–9.6)	(7.5–8.5)	(10.6–12.6)
Proportion who smoked other forms of cigarettes	24.9	26.8	78.3	66	62.7	36.8	70.6	55.8	80.1
	(21.1–28.6)	(23.4–30.3)	(74.3–82.2)	(61.9–70.1)	(51.5–73.9)	(32.6–41)	(66.7–74.6)	(51.9–59.8)	(76.6–83.5)
Number of other forms of cigarettes smoked daily	15.4	18.9	10.1	14.5	3.2	13.8	14.4	4.2	13.2
	(13.9–16.9)	(17.2–20.7)	(9.3–10.8)	(13.7–15.3)	(1.7–4.7)	(12.5–15.1)	(13.5–15.3)	(3.8–4.6)	(12.5–14)