Smoking characteristics of current smokers in study
| Characteristic | No (%) |
| Age of uptake of smoking | |
| 0–9 | 2 (0.93) |
| 10–19 | 102 (47.89) |
| 20–29 | 82 (38.50) |
| 30–39 | 20 (9.39) |
| 40–49 | 7 (3.29) |
| Sources of cigarettes | |
| Shops | 58 (27.23) |
| Pubs and drinking spots | 144 (67.61) |
| Roadside | 11 (5.16) |
| Primary brand (manufacturer) of cigarettes used | |
| State Express 555 (BAT) | 27 (12.68) |
| Bond (smuggled, originating in Togo) | 12 (5.63) |
| Diplomat (BAT) | 8 (3.76) |
| Gold Seal (smuggled, originating in Togo) | 10 (4.69) |
| King Size (BAT) | 46 (21.60) |
| London Brown (BAT) | 91 (42.72) |
| London White (BAT) | 12 (5.63) |
| Pall Mall (BAT) | 6 (2.82) |
| Craven (smuggled from Côte d’Ivoire) | 1 (0.50) |
| Form of tobacco used* | |
| Manufactured cigarettes | 213 (100) |
| Pipes | 6 (2.82) |
| Cigar | 17 (7.98) |
| Smokeless (moist snuff, nasal snuff, chew) | 54 (25.35) |
| Amount spent on cigarette/day (in Ghanaian cedis) | |
| Less than 0.5 | 76 (35.98) |
| 0.5–1 | 50 (23.36) |
| 1.1–5 | 62 (28.97) |
| >5 | 25 (11.68) |
| Levels of addiction | |
| Very low dependence | 25 (11.27) |
| Low dependence | 80 (37.74) |
| Medium dependence | 27 (12.74) |
| High dependence | 56 (26.42) |
| Very high dependence | 24 (11.32) |
*Multiple responses (in addition to cigarettes could respond to any).