[Table/Fig-7]:

Comparison of previous literature with present study findings [24–29].

Article	Population	Main parameters	Main findings	Comparison
Raute et al., (2011) [24]	Smokeless tobacco users in India	Knowledge of health effects and intentions to quit	38% intended to quit, and 11% intended to quit within the next 6 months Respondents with higher knowledge were more likely to have intentions to quit	153 (90%) of respondents wished to quit tobacco Attitude was significantly correlated with wish to quit
Surani et al., (2012) [25]	764 adult respondents from urban and rural areas of Maharashtra and Bihar	Intention to quit among Indian tobacco users	32.5% intended to quit Literate participants had greater intention to quit Respondents who felt tobacco had damaged their health intended to quit	153 (90%) of respondents wished to quit tobacco Occupation was significantly correlated with wish to quit tobacco Attitude was significantly correlated with wish to quit
Sarkar et al., (2013) [26]	Smokers and smokeless tobacco users in the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, India	Tobacco cessation behaviour	18.3% attempted to quit in past year	57.1% had stopped tobacco usage for at least a week (n=97)
Corsi et al., (2014) [27]	Tobacco users in Andhra Pradesh, India	Tobacco use, smoking quit rates, and socioeconomic patterning	45.5% of women and 18.8%, of men attempted to quit	57.1% had stopped tobacco usage for at least a week (n=97)
Dhumal et al., (2014) [28]	tobacco users in India	Quit history, intentions to quit, and reasons for considering quitting	72% of participants had intention to quit Intention to quit was significantly associated education status and workplace exposure to anti-tobacco messages	153 (90%) of respondents wished to quit tobacco Occupation was significantly correlated with wish to quit tobacco Workplace related practices was significantly correlated with ever seeked help of doctor and ever counselled to quit tobacco
Thakur et al., (2015) [29]	Respondents across States and Union Territories of India	Prevalence of both forms of tobacco use and its association with socio-economic determinants was assessed across States and Union Territories of India	Odds of tobacco consumption reduced with higher wealth	Education, occupation and income were significantly correlated with knowledge Education and income were significantly correlated with attitude Occupation was significantly correlated with wish to quit tobacco and ever stopped tobacco for at least 1 week