BETEL-QUID AND ARECA-NUT CHEWING - IARC Monographs
BETEL-QUID AND ARECA-NUT CHEWING - IARC Monographs
BETEL-QUID AND ARECA-NUT CHEWING - IARC Monographs
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<strong>BETEL</strong>-<strong>QUID</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>ARECA</strong>-<strong>NUT</strong> <strong>CHEWING</strong> 55<br />
Table 12. Prevalence of tobacco and arecanut<br />
habits among villagers in Kolar District,<br />
Karnataka, India<br />
Habit Dibbur Malur Gudiband<br />
Men<br />
No. 5464 5369 4893<br />
Tobacco smoking 17.7% 21.0% 21.7%<br />
Tobacco chewing 16.4% 7.7% 8.4%<br />
Women<br />
No. 5236 4905 4677<br />
Tobacco smoking 0% 0% 0%<br />
Tobacco chewing a 38.5% 28.7% 30.4%<br />
From Anantha et al. (1995)<br />
a<br />
Inferred as betel quid with tobacco from Carley et al.<br />
(1994)<br />
The distribution of areca-nut use and tobacco smoking and chewing habits was<br />
assessed through a house-to-house survey in Bhavnagar District, Gujarat. Of 21 842<br />
villagers aged 15 years and above (Gupta et al., 1998), 2298 men (20.4% of all men) were<br />
chewing only and used areca nut in the form of mawa or betel quid with tobacco<br />
(Table 13).<br />
Table 13. Prevalence of tobacco and areca-nut habits among<br />
villagers in Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India<br />
Habit<br />
Men Women<br />
No. % No. %<br />
No habit 3 648 32.4 9 325 88.1<br />
Smoking only (any) 3 942 35.0 16 0.2<br />
Chewing only (any) 3 124 27.7 1 242 11.7<br />
Mawa 2 127<br />
18.9 7 0.1<br />
Betel quid with tobacco 171 1.5 2 –<br />
Tobacco 799 7.1 2 –<br />
Bajar a 27 0.2 1 231 11.6<br />
Mixed habits 544 4.8 1 –<br />
Total 11 258 100.00 10 584 100.0<br />
From Gupta et al. (1998)<br />
a Dry snuff
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