Table 2.

Gutkha Vendors

		n	%	association with age	association with education
Chewing gutkha can cause health hazards like cancer	agree	183	47.7%
	strongly agree	177	46.1%
	disagree	21	5.5%
	strongly disagree	3	0.8%
Awareness on ban	aware	344	89.6%	0.008*	0.175
	unaware	40	10.4%
Source of information on ban	customers	14	4.0%
	newspapers	175	52.8%
	other vendors	67	19.6%
	electronic media	77	22.4%
	authority	11	3.2%
Loss of business	yes	307	79.9%	<0.001*	0.904
	no	77	20.1%
Are their less customers after the ban	yes	260	67.7%
	no	124	32.3%
Did customers switch to other tobacco products	yes	352	91.7%
	no	32	8.3%
Are people asking for gutkha available in sachets	yes	359	93.5%
	no	25	6.5%
Aware of punishment	yes	333	86.7%	0.012*	0.003*
	no	51	13.3%
Is ban effective in reducing gutkha consumption	agree	112	29.2%	0.001*	<0.001*
	strongly agree	180	46.9%
	disagree	66	17.2%
	strongly disagree	26	6.8%

^*p-value <0.005