Table 2 All-age prevalence of all types of tobacco smoking among both sexes.

From: Tobacco consumption patterns among Iranian adults: a national and sub-national update from the STEPS survey 2021

Smoking type

Women

Men

Total

p-value

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Ever smoking

Ever tobacco smoking

7.23

6.79–7.7

34.59

33.66–35.53

19.44

18.93–19.97

 < 0.001

Ever cigarette smoking

1.21

1.02–1.43

26.06

25.21–26.93

12.31

11.88–12.75

 < 0.001

Ever use of hookah

6.2

5.8–6.64

10.51

9.92–11.13

8.13

7.78–8.49

 < 0.001

Ever pipe smoking

0.03

0.01–0.09

0.6

0.46–0.78

0.28

0.22–0.37

 < 0.001

Ever use of smokeless tobacco

0.1

0.06–0.16

1.17

0.98–1.39

0.57

0.49–0.68

 < 0.001

Current smoking

Current tobacco smoking

4.44

4.09–4.82

25.88

25.03–26.75

14.01

13.56–14.48

 < 0.001

Current cigarette smoking

0.77

0.62–0.95

19.95

19.17–20.75

9.33

8.95–9.72

 < 0.001

Current use of hookah

3.64

3.33–3.98

5.56

5.12–6.03

4.5

4.23–4.78

 < 0.001

Current pipe smoking

0.01

0–0.07

0.16

0.09–0.26

0.08

0.05–0.12

 < 0.001

Current use of smokeless tobacco

0.08

0.04–0.13

0.82

0.67–1.01

0.41

0.34–0.5

 < 0.001

Ex-smoking

Ex-cigarette smoking

0.45

0.34–0.58

6.11

5.66–6.6

2.98

2.76–3.21

 < 0.001

Ex use of hookah

2.56

2.29–2.86

4.95

4.54–5.4

3.63

3.39–3.89

 < 0.001

Ex pipe smoking

0.02

0.01–0.07

0.44

0.33–0.6

0.21

0.16–0.28

 < 0.001

Ex use of smokeless tobacco

0.02

0.01–0.07

0.34

0.25–0.47

0.17

0.12–0.22

 < 0.001

Second-hand smoking

Second-hand smoking at home

27.38

26.59–28.18

20.26

19.39–21.17

24.64

24.05–25.24

 < 0.001

Second-hand smoking at work

17.33

16.67–18.02

22.94

22.01–23.9

19.49

18.95–20.05

 < 0.001

Second-hand smoking at home and work

14.3

13.69–14.93

11.55

10.86–12.27

13.24

12.78–13.71

 < 0.001

  1. *Not significant.