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LIST OF TABLES
Table1: Percent distribution of 1067 secondary school students by location of the school, sex,
type of school and year of study ..................................................................................23
Table 2: Proportion of students who have ever heard or seen their fellow students dip and or
whether they have ever dipped tobacco snuff by location, sex, type of school and year
of study.........................................................................................................................24
Table 3: Proportion of students who have ever heard or seen their fellow students chew and or
whether they have ever chewed tobacco by location, sex, type of school and year of
study.............................................................................................................................26
Table 4: Proportion of students who have ever heard or seen their fellow students smoke and or
whether they have ever smoked cigarettes by location, sex, type of school and year of
study.............................................................................................................................28
Table 5: Proportions of students by level of knowledge on relationship between different forms
of tobacco use and occurrence of oral cancer ..............................................................30
Table 6: Proportions of students by knowledge on relationship between different forms of
tobacco use and occurrence of periodontal diseases....................................................31
Table 7: Distribution of students by study demographic variables by perceived inclinations of
parents and teachers towards tobacco use among students..........................................32
Table 8: Mean (sd) score and distribution of respondents by degree of agreement to 7 factors
that were perceived to influence a person to start dipping tobacco snuff ...................34
Table 9: Mean (sd) score and distribution of respondents by degree of agreement to 7 factors
that were perceived to influence a person to start chewing tobacco ………………...35
Table 10: Mean (sd) score and distribution of respondents by degree of agreement to 7 factors
that were perceived to influence a person to start smoking cigarettes .....................36
Table 11: Mean (sd) agreement score and distribution of respondents by level of agreement to 6
factors that were perceived to inhibit a person from dipping tobacco snuff ………37
Table 12: Mean (sd) agreement score and distribution of respondents by level of agreement to 6
factors that were perceived to inhibit a person from chewing tobacco 38
Table 13: Mean (sd) agreement score and distribution of respondents by level of agreement to 6
factors that were perceived to inhibit a person from smoking cigarettes ................39