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Tobacco Use
4.6.1. Average number and distribution of white cigarettes smoked per day
Table 4.6A shows the daily average number and proportion of white cigarettes smoked by daily white cigarette smokers by gender and selected demographic characteristics. Overall, on average, white cigarette smokers smoke
14.7 sticks per day, of whom 50.1 smoke 15 –24 sticks per day and 5.2 smoke 25 or more sticks per day. Men
white cigarette smokers smoke 15.0 sticks per day; about half of them 51.6 smoke 15 –24 sticks per day and 5.1
smoke less than 5 sticks per day. A larger proportion smoke white cigarettes daily in urban areas 15 sticks than in rural areas 14.1 sticks. Both urban and rural white cigarette smokers comprise the largest proportion in the group
of daily smokers; an average of 15 –24 sticks per day. The least proportion of average number of cigarettes smoked
among the urban population is less than 5 sticks per day and among the rural population it is more than 25 sticks per day.
4.6.2. Average number and distribution of hand-rolled cigarettes smoked per day
Table 4.6B gives the daily average number and proportion of hand-rolled cigarettes smoked by gender and selected demograpghic characteristics. Overall, hand-rolled cigarettes smokers smoke 11.8 sticks per day; 18.4 smoke less
than 5 sticks per day,27.5 smoke 5 –9 sticks per day, 27.2 smoke 10–14 sticks per day, 17.1 smoke 15–24 sticks
per day and 9.8 smoke 25 or more sticks per day. Men hand-rolled cigarette smokers smoke 12.1 sticks per day, with a similar distribution pattern as the overall figures. Overall, more hand-rolled cigarettes are smoked in rural
areas 12 sticks per day than in urban areas 11.4 sticks per day. The largest proportion of average number of hand- rolled cigarettes smoked among the urban population is 10
–14 sticks per day and that among the rural population is 5
–9 sticks per day.
4.6.3. Average number and distribution of kretek cigarettes smoked per day