Table 4.6

Types of substances used, by South Asian minority ethnic group

 

South Asian aged 16 and over								1999
Types of substances used		Minority ethnic group
		Men				Women
		Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi		Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi
Observed %
Paan with tobacco (zarda)	1		1	14	0		1	23
Paan Masala	5		1	6	1		1	4
Chewing tobacco	2		1	1	0		-	1
Any form of chewed tobaccoa	6		2	19	2		2	26
Hukka/Hookah	0		-	1	-		0	-
Bidi	1		-	1	-		-	-
Other tobacco substances	0		-	0	0		0	0
Paan without tobacco	5		1	28	3		3	22
Doesn't use any of these substances	91		97	56	95		95	54
Bases (weighted):	588		346	132	611		360	135
Bases (unweighted):	615		598	512	649		623	543

^a Includes Paan with tobacco, Paan Masala and chewing tobacco

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