Tobacco cessation intentions and behaviours among smokeless-only users and dual users
| Cessation intentions and behaviours | Smokeless-only users | Dual users | ||||||
| Total | Aware | Unaware | Adj OR† | Total | Aware | Unaware | Adj OR | |
| Interpersonal communication | ||||||||
| Discussed smokeless tobacco and health at home in previous 2 months (% once or more often) | 40 | 46 | 33 | 1.8** | 51 | 55 | 42 | 1.2 |
| Had somebody in your house trying to get you to stop using smokeless tobacco in previous 2 months (% yes) | 43 | 47 | 36 | 1.4** | 56 | 60 | 47 | 2.1** |
| Cessation-related | ||||||||
| Seriously considered quitting smokeless tobacco use in previous 2 months (% once or more often) | 51 | 58 | 40 | 1.6** | 56 | 57 | 53 | 0.7 |
| Believe you have the skills and ability to quit smokeless tobacco (% agree) | 71 | 80 | 55 | 2.5** | 75 | 80 | 63 | 2.5** |
| Tried to stop using smokeless tobacco in previous 2 months (% yes) | 38 | 45 | 26 | 1.9** | 49 | 52 | 44 | 1.2 |
| Use lesser amount of smokeless tobacco than 2 months ago | 28 | 31 | 23 | 1.1 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 0.5** |
*p≤0.05; **p≤0.001.
↵† Covariates adjusted for: sex, age, SES, settlement type, region, TV and radio usage, intentions to quit, interpersonal communication about smokeless tobacco. A significant adjusted OR indicates that even after confounding factors have been taken into account, the odds of the ‘aware’ group's reported intentions/behaviours are significantly different from the odds of the ‘unaware’ group's reported intentions/behaviours.