Table 3 Detailed smokeless tobacco use status by Gender, Borena zone, Oromia Regional State, Southern Ethiopia, 2015
Current smokeless tobacco status | Overall | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Current smokeless tobacco user | Daily user | 210 | 33.1 | 131 (20.7) | 79 (12.4) | |
Occasional user | 77 | 12.1 | 46 (7.2) | 31 (4.9) | ||
Occasional user | Occasional user, formerly daily | 25 | 3.9 | 12 (1.9) | 13 (2.0) | |
Occasional user, never daily | 52 | 8.2 | 34 (5.4) | 18 (2.8) | ||
Current non-user of smokeless tobacco | Former daily user | 12 | 1.9 | 6 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | |
Former occasional user | 12 | 1.9 | 11 (1.7) | 1 (0.2) | ||
Never smokeless user | 323 | 50.9 | 220 (34.7) | 103 (16.2) | ||
For currently daily users: Age at SLT use debut? | <25 years | 146 | 69.5 | 93 (44.3) | 53 (25.2) | |
25–30 year | 17 | 8.1 | 17 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
>30 year | 11 | 5.2 | 4 (1.9) | 7 (3.3) | ||
I don’t remember | 36 | 17.1 | 17 (8.1) | 19 (9.0) | ||
For currently daily users: How soon after you wake up do you usually use smokeless tobacco for the first time? | Within 5 min | 28 | 13.3 | 22 (10.5) | 6 (2.9) | |
6 to 30 min | 103 | 49.0 | 70 (33.3) | 33 (15.7) | ||
31 to 60 min | 35 | 16.7 | 16 (7.6) | 19 (9.0) | ||
More than 60 min | 44 | 21.0 | 23 (11.0) | 21 (10.0) | ||
For currently daily users: On average, how many times a day do you use the following products? | Chewing tobacco | 2 | 4 | 1.9 | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) |
3 | 11 | 5.2 | 5 (2.4) | 6 (2.9) | ||
4 | 15 | 7.1 | 9 (4.3) | 6 (2.9) | ||
5 | 13 | 6.2 | 7 (3.3) | 6 (2.9) | ||
>5 | 167 | 79.5 | 108 (51.4) | 59 (28.1) | ||
For occasional user: How many times a week do you usually use the following products? | Chewing tobacco | 2 | 8 | 10.4 | 6 (7.8) | 2 (2.6) |
3 | 25 | 32.5 | 18 (23.4) | 7 (9.1) | ||
4 | 27 | 35.1 | 13 (16.9) | 14 (18.2) | ||
5 | 5 | 6.5 | 2 (2.6) | 3 (3.9) | ||
>5 | 12 | 15.6 | 7 (9.1) | 5 (6.5) | ||
For currently SLT users: family members using SLT? | Yes | 144 | 50.2 | 88 (30.7) | 56 (19.5) | |
No | 143 | 49.8 | 89 (31.0) | 54 (18.8) | ||
For currently SLT users: close friends smoke or chew tobacco? | Yes | 231 | 80.5 | 148 (51.6) | 83 (28.9) | |
No | 56 | 19.5 | 29 (10.1) | 27 (9.4) | ||
For currently SLT users: In addition to chewing or snuffing or applying SLT, do you smoke cigarette | Yes | 80 | 27.9 | 57 (19.9) | 23 (8.0) | |
No | 207 | 72.1 | 120 (41.8) | 87 (30.3) | ||
For currently SLT users: During the past 12 months, have you tried to stop using smokeless tobacco? | Yes | 52 | 18.1 | 36 (12.5) | 16 (5.6) | |
No | 235 | 81.9 | 141 (49.1) | 94 (32.8) | ||
Noticed anti SLT use information in newspapers or in magazines in the last 30 days | Yes | 21 | 3.3 | 11 (1.7) | 10 (1.6) | |
No | 613 | 96.7 | 403 (63.6) | 210 (33.1) | ||
Noticed anti SLT use information on television or radio in the last 30 days | Yes | 53 | 8.4 | 31 (4.9) | 22 (3.5) | |
No | 581 | 91.6 | 383 (60.4) | 198 (31.2) | ||
Advised by health professionals to stop using smokeless tobacco in past 12 months, | Yes | 92 | 32.1 | 55 (19.2) | 37 (12.9) | |
No | 195 | 67.9 | 122 (42.5) | 73 (25.4) | ||