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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2016 Sep;5(2):123–132. doi: 10.4103/2224-3151.206249

Table 2.

Odds ratios of association between tobacco use (exclusive smoking) by respondent and use by close associates, among men and women in the TCP India Wave 1 Survey.

SMOKING
USER CATEGORY Sex Father Ever Smoked Mother Ever Smoked Close Friend Smokes Spouse Smokes
OR (Adj)* 95% CI OR (Adj)*95% CI OR (Adj)* 95% CI OR (Adj)* 95% CI
Smoking (Exclusive) Men 2.4 2.0–3.0 5.4 2.1–14.1 7.2 5.6–9.3
Women 7.3 3.1–17.5 9.0 3.3–24.7 3.5 1.5–7.9
Cigarettes Men 2.2 1.7–2.9 5.3 2.0–14.4 7.1 5.2–9.7
Bidis Men 2.6 1.9–3.6 15.1 3.3–69.2 5.7 3.8–8.5
Women 7.9 2.4–26.1 14.9 4.3–51.3 4.7 1.6–13.3
Cigarettes & Bidis Men 4.0 2.8–5.7 4.0 0.7–22.2 9.5 5.6–15.9
Other smoking Men 2.6 1.1–5.9
Women§ 8.6 2.2–33.9 6.7 1.0–47.2
*

Adjusted for age group (with first two groups combined as reference category [ref. cat.]=first), urban/rural residence (urban as ref. cat.), state (Maharashtra as ref. cat.), and income level (with highest category as ref. cat.). CI=Confidence interval.

For cells with frequency < 5 cases ORs were not calculated.

For men, “Other smoking” includes other products used exclusively and smoking combinations.

§

For women, “Other smoking” is only exclusive hookah smoking as there were no other categories.

Notes: Weighted data used. Lal dantmanjan may not necessarily contain tobacco.