Characteristics of naswar vendors and their awareness, perceptions of and compliance with the regulations, by store and area type
| Characteristics | Overall (N=286) | Store type (n, %) | Area type (n, %) | |||
| General (n=229) | Specialty (n=57) | Rural (n=88) | Urban (n=198) | |||
| Length of business | Less than 5 years | 167 (58.4) | 148 (64.6) | 19 (33.3) | 59 (67.1) | 108 (54.6) |
| 5 or more years | 119 (41.6) | 81 (35.4) | 38 (66.7) | 29 (32.9) | 90 (45.4) | |
| Level of education | No formal education | 72 (25.2) | 52 (22.7) | 20 (35.1) | 24 (27.3) | 48 (24.2) |
| 1–10 years | 140 (49.0) | 111 (48.5) | 29 (50.9) | 41 (46.6) | 99 (50.0) | |
| More than 10 years | 74 (25.8) | 66 (28.8) | 08 (14.0) | 23 (26.1) | 51 (25.8) | |
| Daily profit from naswar in PKR, mean (SD) | 384 (695.1) | 68.2 (48.2) | 1653.1 (639.1) | 367.4 (696.5) | 391.5 (697.4) | |
| Awareness about health harms and tobacco control laws | ||||||
| Awareness about tobacco-related health harms | 199 (69.6) | 162 (70.7) | 37 (64.9) | 50 (56.8) | 149 (75.2) | |
| Awareness about written health warning | 43 (15.0) | 34 (14.9) | 09 (15.8) | 09 (10.2) | 34 (17.1) | |
| Awareness about pictorial health warning | 52 (18.2) | 39 (17.0) | 13 (22.8) | 15 (17.0) | 37 (18.7) | |
| Awareness about ban on sale to and by minors | 61 (21.3) | 50 (21.8) | 11 (19.3) | 12 (13.6) | 49 (24.8) | |
| Perceptions about the potential effects of tobacco control on naswar sales | ||||||
| Negative effect of tax increase on sales | 119 (41.6) | 88 (38.4) | 31 (54.4) | 38 (43.2) | 81 (40.9) | |
| Negative effect of labelling ingredients on sales | 32 (11.2) | 16 (7.0) | 16 (28.0) | 5 (5.7) | 27 (13.6) | |
| Negative effect of written health warning on sales | 58 (20.3) | 36 (15.7) | 22 (38.6) | 11 (12.5) | 47 (23.7) | |
| Negative effect of pictorial health warning on sales | 74 (25.9) | 49 (21.4) | 25 (43.9) | 24 (27.3) | 50 (25.2) | |
| Negative effect of stopping sale of naswar to minors | 111 (38.8) | 93 (40.6) | 18 (31.6) | 46 (52.3) | 65 (32.8) | |
| Compliance with tobacco control laws | ||||||
| Promotion of naswar | Yes | 204 (71.3) | 167 (72.9) | 37 (64.9) | 67 (76.1) | 137 (69.2) |
| Sale of naswar to minors | Yes | 218 (76.2) | 180 (78.6) | 38 (66.6) | 77 (87.5) | 141 (71.2) |
| Sale of naswar by minors | Yes | 93 (32.5) | 70 (30.6) | 23 (40.4) | 42 (47.7) | 51 (25.8) |
| Tax paid on naswar | Yes | 47 (16.4) | 31 (13.5) | 16 (28.0) | 05 (5.6) | 42 (21.2) |
General indicates point of sale; specialty denotes exclusive naswar sellers. For awareness, counts of only aware vendors are mentioned.