SMOKELESS TOBACCO PREVELENCE
STATES | Total | Urban | Rural | Male | Female | Total number of users | Rank in Prevalence | ||
India | 21.4 | 15.3 | 24.6 | 29.6 | 12.8 | 199552432 | |||
1 | Uttar Pradesh | 29.4 | 22.7 | 31.6 | 42.6 | 15.2 | 43050126 | 10 | State with the highest number of SLT users in the country. Every third person is a SLT user in the state. |
2 | Maharashtra | 24.4 | 21.0 | 27.5 | 31.7 | 16.6 | 22203512 | State with the second highest number of SLT users in the country. Every fourth person is a SLT user in the state. | |
3 | Bihar | 23.5 | 16.8 | 24.5 | 41.9 | 3.6 | 17098600 | State with the third highest number of SLT users in the country. Almost every one in two male is a SLT user in the state. | |
4 | Madhya Pradesh | 28.1 | 20.2 | 31.5 | 38.7 | 16.8 | 15327707 | State with fourth highest number of SLT users in the country. Almost every third person is a SLT user in the state. | |
5 | West Bengal | 20.1 | 14.3 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 17.2 | 14603856 | State with fifth highest number of SLT users in the country. One in five person uses SLT in the state. | |
6 | Odisha | 42.9 | 31.1 | 45.5 | 52.1 | 33.6 | 13965666 | 3 | State with third highest prevelance of SLT users in the country. Every second male and third female uses SLT in the state. |
7 | Assam | 41.7 | 37.1 | 42.6 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 9766974 | 4 | State with fourth highest prevelance of SLT users in the country. Every second male and third female uses SLT in the state. |
8 | Gujarat | 19.2 | 16.3 | 21.7 | 27.6 | 10 | 9191424 | One in five person use SLT in the state. Every third male and one in ten female use SLT in the state. | |
9 | Jharkhand | 35.4 | 29.2 | 37.7 | 54.1 | 15.7 | 8572110 | 8 | State with eighth highest prevelance of SLT users in the country. Every third person is a SLT user. More than half of the men and one sixth women uses SLT in the state. |
10 | Karnataka | 16.3 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 10.3 | 7943642 | Every sixth person in the state is a SLT user. | |
11 | Rajasthan | 14.1 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 22 | 5.8 | 7233300 | Every seventh person in the state is a SLT user. | |
12 | Chattisgarh | 36 | 26.0 | 39.6 | 47.7 | 24.5 | 6950160 | 7 | State with seventh highest prevelance of SLT use in the country. Every third person is a SLT user. Every second male and every fourth female is a SLT user in the state. |
13 | Tamil Nadu | 10.6 | 4.9 | 16.5 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 6190294 | One in every ten person in the state use SLT. | |
14 | Telangana | 10.1 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 9 | 2828808 | One in every ten person in the state use SLT. | |
15 | Andhra Pradesh | 7.1 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 2819978 | ||
16 | Punjab | 8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 15 | 0.3 | 1804080 | ||
17 | Kerala | 5.4 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1461402 | ||
18 | Tripura | 48.5 | 45.7 | 49.8 | 40.8 | 56.5 | 1409410 | 1 | State with the highest prevelance of SLT use in the country. Almost half of the total population, including more females than males use SLT in the state. |
19 | Delhi | 8.8 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 1306712 | ||
20 | Haryana | 6.3 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 10 | 2.2 | 1270458 | ||
21 | Manipur | 47.7 | 39.7 | 52.4 | 50.2 | 45.2 | 1064664 | 2 | State with the second highest prevelance of SLT use in the country. Almost half of the total population incluidng every second male and almost every second female use SLT in the state. |
22 | Uttrakhand | 12.4 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 21.2 | 3.4 | 968068 | Almost one in every nine person in the state use SLT. | |
23 | Nagaland | 39 | 38.5 | 39.3 | 46 | 31.5 | 588120 | 6 | State with sixth highest prevelance of SLT use in the country. Two third of the total population, inlcuding every second male and every third female use SLT in the state. |
24 | Meghalaya | 20.3 | 19.2 | 20.7 | 11.6 | 29.1 | 428736 | One in five person use SLT in the state. More than one fifth of the population, incluidng one third of the females and one tenth of the males use SLT in the state. | |
25 | Arunachal Pradesh | 39.3 | 33.4 | 41.4 | 50.1 | 27.7 | 412650 | 5 | State with the fifth highest prevelance of SLT use in the country. Every second male and almost every third female use SLT in the state. |
26 | Jammu & Kashmir | 4.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 401104 | ||
27 | Mizoram | 33.5 | 33.3 | 33.8 | 21.3 | 46 | 281400 | 9 | State with ninth highest prevelance of SLT use in the country with one in three person using SLT in some form. More females (almost every second) than males (every fifth) use SLT in the state. |
28 | Himachal Pradesh | 3.1 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 170717 | ||
29 | Goa | 6.5 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 78455 | ||
30 | Chandigarh | 6.1 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 57584 | ||
31 | Sikkim | 9.7 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 5.1 | 48112 | ||
32 | Puducherry | 4.7 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 47376 |
Source : Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)2016-17 Report