Frequency of cigarette smoking

24 Tobacco Use

4.5. Frequency of tobacco use

4.5.1. Frequency of cigarette smoking

Table 4.5 presents the frequency of cigarette smoking as three standard categories – daily igarette s okers , o asio al igarette s okers and o -s okers . The percentages of adults aged 15 years and over who are daily smokers, occasional smokers, and non-smokers are 29.2, 5.6, and 65.2, respectively. The percentage of men and women daily smokers is 56.7 and 1.8, respectively. The percentage of men occasional smokers 10.3 is almost 13 times that of women occasional smokers 0.8. The percentage of women non-smokers 97.3 is almost thrice that of men non-smokers 33.0. Daily smoking is higher in all the age groups of 25 years and above as compared to the 15 –24 years age group; however, occasional smoking shows no change for different age groups. Among men, by age group, the highest percentage of daily smokers can be found in the 25 –44 years and 45–64 years age groups 63.8 and 62.8, respectively. The 15 –24 years age group has the highest percentage of occasional smokers 12.9 while the remaining three age groups have similar percentages of occasional smokers about 9. Among men, by residence, the percentage of daily smokers in rural areas 62.3 is higher than that in urban areas 51.2 . The distri utio of occasional s okers is si ilar 10.4 ur a , 10.2 rural . The percentage of men non- smokers living in urban areas 38.4 is higher than among those living in rural areas 27.5. Among men, the percentage of daily smokers is high for those with less than primary school 71.1 and primary school 62.8 education. There is no specific distribution pattern for occasional smokers based on educational level. The group with university education has the highest percentage of non-smokers 50.2 followed by high school 41.3, secondary school 37.7, primary school education 26.0 and less than primary school education 19.0. By occupation, self-employed men have the highest prevalence of daily smoking 65.5, followed by those who were employed 60.1. 25 Tobacco Use Overall 29.2 27.6, 30.9 5.6 4.8, 6.4 65.2 63.6, 66.8 100 15-24 19.6 17.1, 22.3 6.5 5.0, 8.3 73.9 71.1, 76.6 100 25-44 32.6 30.6, 34.8 5.0 4.2, 6.0 62.4 60.3, 64.4 100 45-64 33.5 30.5, 36.6 5.9 4.8, 7.2 60.6 57.6, 63.6 100 65+ 26.1 22.7, 29.9 5.0 3.5, 7.2 68.9 65.0, 72.5 100 Urba n 26.3 24.3, 28.4 5.7 4.8, 6.8 68.1 65.9, 70.2 100 Rura l 32.2 29.7, 34.8 5.5 4.4, 6.8 62.3 59.9, 64.7 100 Le s s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 32.7 29.5, 36.0 5.3 4.1, 6.8 62.0 58.9, 65.1 Pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 31.3 29.0, 33.7 5.9 4.8, 7.1 62.8 60.4, 65.1 100 Se conda ry s chool compl e ted 26.3 23.8, 29.0 5.6 4.2, 7.3 68.1 65.4, 70.7 100 Hi gh s chool compl e ted 28.3 26.0, 30.7 5.4 4.4, 6.7 66.3 63.7, 68.7 100 Col l e ge or Uni ve rs i ty + 21.9 18.9, 25.4 5.7 3.8, 8.4 72.4 68.1, 76.2 100 Empl oye d 40.1 37.1, 43.3 6.6 5.4, 8.1 53.2 50.3, 56.2 100 Se l f-e mpl oye d 43.4 40.2, 46.7 6.9 5.7, 8.4 49.7 46.2, 53.1 100 Stude nts 7.5 4.9, 11.2 6.8 4.5, 10.1 85.7 81.6, 89.1 100 Home ma ke rs 1.7 1.1, 2.7 1.0 0.5, 1.9 97.3 95.9, 98.2 100 Un-e mpl oye d 24.5 20.5, 29.1 7.0 5.0, 9.8 68.4 63.8, 72.7 100 Table 4.5: Per e tage distri utio of adults ≥1 years old, y to a o s oki g fre ue y, ge der a d sele ted de ographi hara teristi s – GAT“ I do esia, 11. 1 Occa s i ona l re fe rs to l e s s tha n da i l y us e . -- Indi ca tor e s ti ma te ba s e d on l e s s tha n 25 un-we i ghted ca s e s a nd ha s be e n s uppre s s e d. Smoking Frequency Total Daily Occasional 1 Non-smoker Percentage 95 CI Demographic Characteristics OccupationWork status Education Level Residence Age years 26 Tobacco Use Male 56.7 53.8, 59.6 10.3 9.0, 11.8 33.0 30.5, 35.6 100 15-24 38.9 34.3, 43.6 12.9 10.0, 16.4 48.3 43.7, 52.9 100 25-44 63.8 60.4, 67.0 9.5 7.9, 11.4 26.7 23.9, 29.8 100 45-64 62.8 58.1, 67.2 9.6 7.7, 12.0 27.6 23.7, 31.9 100 65+ 52.2 45.8, 58.7 9.0 6.0, 13.2 38.8 32.9, 45.1 100 Urba n 51.2 47.5, 55.0 10.4 8.7, 12.3 38.4 35.0, 41.8 100 Rura l 62.3 57.8, 66.6 10.2 8.2, 12.7 27.5 24.0, 31.3 100 Le s s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 71.1 65.7, 75.9 10.0 7.3, 13.4 19.0 15.1, 23.5 100 Pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 62.8 58.9, 66.5 11.3 9.3, 13.6 26.0 22.6, 29.7 100 Se conda ry s chool compl e ted 51.4 46.8, 55.9 10.9 8.3, 14.2 37.7 33.6, 42.0 100 Hi gh s chool compl e ted 49.5 45.9, 53.2 9.1 7.3, 11.4 41.3 38.0, 44.8 100 Col l e ge or Uni ve rs i ty + 39.6 34.6, 44.8 10.2 6.8, 15.0 50.2 43.6, 56.8 100 Empl oye d 60.1 55.8, 64.2 9.7 8.0, 11.8 30.2 26.9, 33.7 100 Se l f-e mpl oye d 65.5 61.9, 69.0 10.2 8.4, 12.2 24.3 21.2, 27.7 100 Stude nts 13.2 8.9, 19.1 11.9 7.9, 17.5 74.9 68.6, 80.4 100 Home ma ke rs -- -- -- -- Un-e mpl oye d 43.4 36.9, 50.1 12.0 8.3, 17.0 44.6 37.9, 51.5 100 Table 4.5 cont: Per e tage distri utio of adults ≥1 years old, y to a o s oki g fre ue y, ge der a d sele ted de ographi hara teristi s – GAT“ I do esia, 11. 1 Occa s i ona l re fe rs to l e s s tha n da i l y us e . Smoking Frequency Total Daily Occasional 1 Non-smoker Percentage 95 CI -- Indi ca tor e s ti ma te ba s e d on l e s s tha n 25 un-we i ghted ca s e s a nd ha s be e n s uppre s s e d. Demographic Characteristics Age years Residence Education Level OccupationWork status 27 Tobacco Use Female 1.8 1.4, 2.4 0.8 0.5, 1.3 97.3 96.5, 98.0 100 15-24 0.1 0.0, 0.7 0.0 99.9 99.3, 100.0 100 25-44 1.2 0.8, 1.9 0.5 0.2, 1.0 98.3 97.4, 98.9 100 45-64 3.7 2.4, 5.5 2.1 1.3, 3.5 94.2 91.9, 95.9 100 65+ 5.0 2.9, 8.4 1.8 0.8, 3.7 93.3 89.0, 95.9 100 Urba n 1.4 0.8, 2.2 1.0 0.5, 1.9 97.7 96.3, 98.6 100 Rura l 2.3 1.6, 3.2 0.7 0.5, 1.2 97.0 95.8, 97.8 100 Le s s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 4.1 2.7, 6.0 1.8 1.1, 2.7 94.2 91.9, 95.8 100 Pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 1.8 1.1, 3.0 0.8 0.4, 1.9 97.3 95.8, 98.3 100 Se conda ry s chool compl e ted 0.5 0.2, 1.3 0.1 0.0, 0.8 99.4 98.5, 99.8 100 Hi gh s chool compl e ted 0.4 0.2, 1.2 0.6 0.3, 1.4 99.0 98.1, 99.5 100 Col l e ge or Uni ve rs i ty + 1.6 0.6, 4.5 0.6 0.1, 4.0 97.8 94.6, 99.1 100 Empl oye d 0.9 0.5, 1.9 0.5 0.2, 1.3 98.5 97.3, 99.2 100 Se l f-e mpl oye d 3.2 2.1, 4.8 1.0 0.6, 1.9 95.8 93.9, 97.1 100 Stude nts 0.0 0.0 100.0 100 Home ma ke rs 1.7 1.1, 2.6 1.0 0.5, 1.9 97.4 96.0, 98.3 100 Un-e mpl oye d 2.2 1.1, 4.4 1.2 0.4, 3.4 96.6 93.9, 98.2 100 Percentage 95 CI 1 Occa s i ona l re fe rs to l e s s tha n da i l y us e . -- Indi ca tor e s ti ma te ba s e d on l e s s tha n 25 un-we i ghted ca s e s a nd ha s be e n s uppre s s e d. Table 4.5 cont: Per e tage distri utio of adults ≥1 years old, y igarette s oki g fre ue y, ge der a d sele ted de ographi hara teristi s – GAT“ I do esia, 11. Smoking Frequency Total Daily Occasional 1 Non-smoker Demographic Characteristics OccupationWork status Education Level Residence Age years 28 Tobacco Use

4.5.2. Frequency of white cigarette smoking