Table 3.
Univariate association of cessation and quit attempts with knowledge and accessibility of tobacco products.
| Variables | Cessationa |
Quit attemptsb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | P value | Median (IQR) | P value | |
| Overall | 90 (11.3) | 2 (0–6) | ||
| Cigarette smoking | ||||
| Current daily cigarette smokers (n = 220) | NA | 1 (0–5) | 0.107 | |
| Current occasional smokers (n = 85) | NA | 1 (0–5) | ||
| Non-smokers (n = 496) | NA | 2 (0–7) | ||
| Bidi smokers | 0.002∗∗ | |||
| Current daily bidi smokers (n = 167) | NA | 2 (0–7) | ||
| Current occasional bidi smokers (n = 28) | NA | 0 (0–3) | ||
| Non-smokers (n = 603) | 0 (0–10) | |||
| SLT users | 0.000ˆ | |||
| Current daily SLT users (n = 266) | NA | 1 (0–4) | ||
| Current occasional SLT users (n = 58) | NA | 2 (0–10) | ||
| Non-users (n = 476) | 5 (1–60) | |||
| Knowledge on the harmful effects | ||||
| Poor (n = 267) | 41 (15.4) | 0.000∗ | 0 (0–3) | 0.000ˆ |
| Average (n = 298) | 16 (5.4) | 1 (0–4) | ||
| Good (n = 232) | 33 (14.2) | 4 (0–16) | ||
| Knowledge on legislative decisions | ||||
| Poor (n = 231) | 45 (19.5) | 0.000∗ | 0 (0–3) | 0.018ˆ |
| Average (n = 280) | 25 (8.9) | 1 (0–5) | ||
| Good (n = 286) | 20 (6.9) | 2 (0–7) | ||
| Accessibility of tobacco products | ||||
| Yes (n = 550) | 43 (7.8) | 0.000∗ | 2 (0–6) | 0.649 |
| No (n = 47) | 47 (19.0) | 1 (0–4) | ||
Bold P-values indicate significant association.
IQR, interquartile range; SLT, smokeless tobacco.
∗P value <0.05 using Fisher's chi exact test.
∗∗P value <0.05 using Kruskal–Wallis H test.
a
Four missing responses for cessation.
b
Total 329 responses for quit attempts.