## 3 Results
Among smokers, the mean (95% CI) number of cigarettes or bidi per day was 9.6 (5.8, 13.4), and packets of cigarettes or bidi per week were 5.3 (4.0, 6.6). Although older people and people with SSC or higher education levels consumed relatively fewer cigarettes or bidi, the results were not significant (Table 3). When the smokers were asked to name two diseases that could be caused by smoking, 54 (87%) said cancer and 23 (37%) said heart attack. Only eight (13%) smokers were unable to identify any diseases, indicating that 87% of smokers knew that smoking caused disease (Table 4). The questions on intentions, plans, and attitudes about quitting smoking or SLT use showed that more than 70% of the smokers and 60% of the SLT users had thought a lot about quitting. Of the smokers, 89% felt unhappy about being a smoker, and of the SLT users, 72% felt unhappy about being an SLT user. The majority of tobacco users reported that they were willing to cut down at least a little in the next six months. Most of the smokers and SLT users considered that their self-image could increase at least a little by quitting smoking or SLT use; 48% of the tobacco smokers and 26% of the SLT users had tried several times to quit smoking and SLT use, respectively (Table 5). \begin{table}
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**Diseases** & **Number (\(n\))** & **Percentage (\(n\)/62)** \\ \hline Cancer & 54 & 87 \\ \hline Heart Attack & 23 & 37 \\ \hline Tuberculosis & 10 & 16 \\ \hline Asthma & 10 & 16 \\ \hline Stroke & 8 & 13 \\ \hline Do not know & 8 & 13 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Knowledge of smoking-related diseases among 62 adults who smoked tobacco. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l l} \hline \hline  & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**No. of Cigarettes**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Packets of Cigarettes**} \\  & & **Smoked per Day** & & **Smoked per Week** & \\ \hline Characteristics & & Mean (95\% CI) \({}^{*}\) & \(p\) & Mean (95\% CI) \({}^{*}\) & \(p\) \\ \hline  & Total, \(n=62\) & 9.6 (5.8, 13.4) & & 5.3 (4.0, 6.6) & \\ \hline Age, years & Below 40, \(n=5\) & 9.4 (0.1, 19.2) & 0.50 & 7.3 (4.1, 10.6) & 0.12 \\ \hline  & 40–59, \(n=34\) & 10.9 (7.8, 13.9) & & 4.7 (3.6, 5.7) & \\ \hline  & 60 years or older, \(n=23\) & 8.6 (5.3, 12.0) & & 3.9 (2.8, 5.0) & \\ \hline Level of education & No education, \(n=20\) & 11.0 (6.5, 15.5) & 0.28 & 5.1 (3.6, 6.6) & 0.88 \\ \hline  & Primary to high school, \(n=30\) & 11.1 (7.3, 14.9) & & 5.4 (4.2, 6.7) & \\ \hline  & SSC or above, \(n=12\) & 6.8 (1.0, 12.7) & & 5.4 (3.4, 7.4) & \\ \hline +SES & Poor, \(n=18\) & 9.5 (5.3, 14.2) & 0.88 & 5.3 (3.7, 7.0) & 0.91 \\ \hline  & Middle class or rich, \(n=44\) & 9.1 (6.2, 11.9) & & 5.3 (4.1, 6.4) & \\ \hline +Occupation & Homemaker, \(n=0\) & – & – & \\ \hline  & Businessperson, \(n=9\) & 8.8 (6.2, 11.3) & 0.89 & 5.0 (3.2, 6.9) & 0.35 \\ \hline  & Employee, \(n=13\) & 10.7 (6.4, 15.0) & & 5.7 (4.1, 7.4) & \\ \hline  & Farmer (Agriculture or any hard labor), \(n=38\) & 11.3 (9.1, 13.5) & & 5.2 (3.7, 6.7) & \\ \hline  & Unemployed, \(n=2\) & 7.0 (1.0, 18.1) & & 1.75 (0, 5.5) & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} \({}^{*}\) Mean (95% confidence interval (CI)) adjusted for variables in the model.  
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Table 3: Numbers of cigarettes and weekly numbers of packets smoked, and their associated factors. The skewness and Kurtosis of the combined score from the Rasch analysis revealed that a high proportion of people had an average endorsement of quitting smoking. The probability of the intentions, plans, and attitudes about quitting smoking was in the middle of the continuum. The mean (95% CI) probability was 50.4 (39.9, 60.9) for tobacco smoking, indicating that smokers were equally likely to continue or quit smoking. For SLT users, the mean probability of stopping was 64.0 (55.3, 72.7), suggesting that almost two-thirds would probably quit using SLT in the future.