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Table 1 Frequency distribution by age of initiation and days of smoking within the last month among Iraqi adolescents, Baghdad, Iraq 2012S

From: Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among Iraqi adolescents: Iraq GYTS 2012

 

Type of tobacco products

 

Cigarettes

Shisha

Pipe

Cigar

Bidi

Smokeless tobacco

 

(n = 178)

(n = 156

(n = 109)

(n = 44)

(n = 19)

(n = 26)

Age of initiation

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

<10

15

6.27

12

7.7

6

5.5

-

-

2

13.3

4

15.4

10-11

46

19.2

47

30.1

19

17.4

23

52.3

6

40.0

6

23.1

12-13

85

35.5

27

17.3

33

30.3

11

25.0

1

7.6

9

34.6

14+

93

38.9

70

44.9

51

46.8

10

22.7

6

40.0

7

26.9

Days of tobacco use in the past 30 days

            

1-2

91

38.0

103

66.0

32

29.4

22

50.0

10

52.6

6

23.1

3-5

50

20.9

10

6.4

12

11.0

8

18.2

4

21.1

1

3.8

5-9

9

3.8

12

7.7

10

9.2

2

4.5

2

10.5

2

7.7

10-19

20

8.8

7

4.5

5

4.6

2

4.5

2

10.5

2

7.7

20-29

12

5.0

14

9.0

10

9.2

3

6.8

0

0

4

15.4

Everyday

47

19.6

10

6.4

40

36.7

7

15.9

1

5.3

11

42.3