Table 2.
Tobacco use and exposure to SHS*
|
Variable |
All patients |
Male |
Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
| |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |
|
Current smoking |
420/1924 (21.8) |
378/1005 (37.6) |
42/919 (4.6) |
| Daily |
361 (18.8) |
328 (32.6) |
33 (3.6) |
| Less than daily |
59 (3.1) |
50 (5.0) |
9 (1.0) |
|
Past tobacco smoking |
35/1918 (1.8) |
30/1004 (3.0) |
5/914 (0.6) |
|
Age started smoking(N = 327) |
18.5 (SD 5.6) |
18.3 (SD 5.7) |
19.7 (SD 4.8) |
|
Duration of smoking in years(N = 384) |
21.6 (SD 10.7) |
21.9 (SD 10.4) |
19.3 (SD 13.0) |
|
Tobacco currently smoked** |
|
|
|
| Manufactured cigarettes |
412/415 (99.3) |
371/374 (99.2) |
41/41 (100) |
| Hand-rolled cigarettes |
52/413 (12.6) |
48/372 (12.9) |
4/41 (9.8) |
| Pipes |
2/412 (0.5) |
2/371 (0.5) |
0/41 (0.0) |
| Cigars/cheroots/cigarillos |
1/413 (0.2) |
1/371 (0.3) |
0/41 (0.0) |
| Water pipe/other |
0/410 (0) |
0/371 (0.0) |
0/41 (0.0) |
|
Number of cigarettes per day(daily smokers, N = 352) |
9.8 (SD 7.0) |
9.8 (SD 7.0) |
10.0 (SD 7.3) |
| 8 (5–12.5) |
8 (5–12.0) |
6.5 (4–17.5) |
|
|
Tobacco dependent
&
(daily smokers) |
74/326 (22.7) |
65/297 (21.9) |
9/29 (31.0) |
|
Current SLT
†
use |
76/1920 (4.0) |
11/1005 (1.1) |
65/915 (7.1) |
|
Uses snuff by mouth(current SLT user)** |
28/69 (40.6) |
2/8 (25.0) |
26/61 (42.6) |
|
Uses snuff by nose(current SLT user)** |
47/67 (70.2) |
7/7 (100) |
40/60 (66.7) |
|
Non-smokers’ exposure to SHS smoke (≥7 days per month)** |
|
|
|
| At home |
224/1479 (15.2) |
68/612 (11.1) |
156/867 (18.0) |
| At work |
170/1478 (11.5) |
98/612 (16.0) |
72/866 (8.3) |
| In café |
174/1479 (11.8) |
59/612 (9.6) |
115/867 (13.3) |
| In pub |
140/1479 (9.5) |
57/612 (9.3) |
83/867 (9.6) |
| In public transport |
174/1479 (11.8) |
52/612 (8.5) |
122/867 (14.1) |
| In shops | 169/1477 (11.4) | 58/611 (9.5) | 111/866 (12.8) |
*SHS = second-hand smoke; **each item is a separate question, therefore patients may have responded yes to several questions; &2-item brief dependency score for daily cigarette smokers ≥ 4; †SLT = smokeless tobacco.