Why Do the Youths in Northeast India Use Tobacco?

Table 2

Mode of tobacco use by youths (15–24 years) in northeastern states of India, 2012-2013.

	Any tobacco use			Smoking			Smokeless tobacco use
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
Sikkim	12.6	24.6	3.5	9.1	19.6	1.2	6.2	11.3	2.3
Arunachal Pradesh	19.7	33.6	8.2	14.2	26.8	3.9	11.5	18.4	5.8
Nagaland	33.6	46.2	23.3	11.0	22.2	1.9	30.9	40.7	23.0
Meghalaya	39.6	53.9	29.9	17.9	39.8	3.1	27.4	25.3	28.8
Manipur	33.5	42.8	26.3	13.6	24.0	5.6	28.7	35.0	23.8
Tripura	29.6	31.6	28.0	7.0	13.6	1.3	26.1	24.7	27.3
Mizoram	44.3	52.9	36.6	26.7	47.4	8.1	24.4	16.1	31.8

Note. The figures are in percent.