Table 6.
Monthly tobacco expenditure in Indian rupees before and after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome stratified by tobacco use status among 494 tobacco users in the ACS QUIK Microeconomic study.
| Monthly tobacco expenditure | Tobacco product used | Tobacco use at 30 days | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||||||
| All tobacco users (n=494) |
Only smoked (n=438) |
Only chewed (n=41) |
Both (n=15) |
P-value | Yes (n=12) |
No (n=482) |
P-value | |
| Before ACS event | 150 (0–300) |
200 (0–300) |
50 (0–250) |
300 (100–500) |
0.02 | 375 (100–550) |
150 (0–300) |
0.03 |
| After ACS event | 0 (0–0) |
0 (0–0) |
0 (0–0) |
0 (0–0) |
0.82 | 0 (0–250) |
0 (0–0) |
<0.001 |