Table 3 Categorization of tobacco users by frequency and intensity of tobacco use
From: Tobacco use and associated factors among Adults in Uganda: Findings from a nationwide survey
Tobacco product | Daily users | Average daily use |
|---|---|---|
Smoked tobacco products | n = 294 (%) | Number of products/day ± SD (range) |
 Manufactured cigarettes | 183 (62.2) | 4.7 ± 4.6 (1–40) |
 Hand-rolled cigarettes | 117 (39.8) | 5.0 ± 4.3 (1–21) |
 Pipes full of tobacco | 43 (14.6) | 3.2 ± 3.2 (1–12) |
 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos | 5 (1.7) | 17 ± 20.3 (1–50) |
 Shisha | 2 (0.7) | 25.5 ± 34.6 (1–50) |
 Other | 12 (4.1) | 6.9 ± 13.9 (1–50) |
Smokeless tobacco products | n = 115 (%) | Number of times/day |
 Snuff by mouth (taba/etabe) | 81 (70.4) | 4.8 ± 3.4 (1–12) |
 Snuff by nose (Bugolo) | 17 (14.8) | 3.6 ± 2.6 (1–10) |
 Chewed tobacco (gutka, Kuba) | 28 (24.3) | 4.0 ± 3.3 (1–12) |
 Other | 2 (1.7) | 3.5 ± 3.5 (1–6) |