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. 2021 Nov 29;10(11):4124–4130. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_629_21

Table 4.

Nicotine dependence among study participants (n=191)

Nicotine Dependence Current Tobacco Consumers n (%)
Q1. How soon after you wake up do you take smoke/smokeless tobacco? Within 5 min 38 (20.4)
6-30 min 49 (25.7)
31-60 min 60 (31.4)
After 60 min 44 (22.5)
Total 191 (100)
Q2. How often do you intentionally swallow tobacco juice? Always 59 (30.9)
Sometimes 101 (52.9)
Never 31 (16.2)
Total 191 (100)
Q3. Do you find it difficult to refrain from taking smoking/smokeless tobacco in the places where it is forbidden (e.g., in church, at the library, in cinema)? Yes 111 (58.1)
No 80 (41.9)
Total 191 (100)
Q4. Which smoking/smokeless tobacco would you hate to give up most? The first one in the morning 159 (83.2)
Any other 32 (16.8)
Total 191 (100)
Q5. How many in number smoke tobacco do you consume per day? 31 or more 12 (14.6)
21-30 14 (17.0)
11-20 47 (57.3)
10 or less 9 (11.1)
Total 82 (100)
Q6. How many cans/pouches per week do you use? More than 3 90 (82.6)
2-3 10 (9.2)
1 9 (8.2)
Total 109 (100)
Q7. Do you take smoking/smokeless tobacco frequently during the first hours after awakening than during the rest of the day? Yes 183 (95.8)
No 8 (4.2)
Total 191 (100)
Q8. Do you take smoking/smokeless tobacco if you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day? Yes 90 (47.1)
No 101 (52.9)
Total 191 (100)