Table 3.

Patterns of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among current smokers according to gender by country in 2019

Variable	Lebanon		Jordan		Palestine
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
	(%) n	(%) n	(%) n	(%) n	(%) n	(%) n
Cigarettes per day
<10	(35.0) 143	(34.8) 63	(3.4) 18	(18.0) 14	(9.4) 42	(23.1) 6
10–20	(42.6) 174	(51.9) 94	(44.6) 240	(48.7) 38	(53.1) 238	(73.1) 19
>20	(22.3) 91	(13.3) 24	(52.0) 280	(33.3) 26	(37.5) 168	(3.8) 1
Total	(100.0) 408	(100.0) 181	(100.0) 538	(100.0) 78	(100.0) 448	(100.0) 26
Waterpipe sessions at home, per week
≤3	(7.5) 19	(13.1) 49	(29.5) 33	(53.1) 34	(85.7) 108	(95.4) 62
>3	(92.5) 234	(86.9) 326	(70.5) 79	(46.9) 30	(14.3) 18	(4.6) 3
Waterpipe sessions at café, per week
≤3	(90.9) 180	(96.3) 236	(62.9) 22	(85.7) 6	(97.7) 85	(95.5) 21
>3	(9.1) 18	(3.7) 9	(37.1) 13	(14.3) 1	(2.3) 2	(4.5) 1
Type of waterpipe tobacco smoked
Flavoured	(86.2) 237	(89.2) 346	(92.3) 132	(98.5) 66	(94.6) 141	(93.9) 62
Non-flavoured	(13.8) 38	(10.8) 42	(7.7) 11	(1.5) 1	(5.4) 8	(6.1) 4