Table 4

Access to treatment and type of tobacco used by people with and without mental illness in Brazil, (2013)

Any mental illnessNo mental illnessP value
%95% CI%95% CI
Quit attempt51.649.1 to 54.255.352.9 to 57.60.041
Sought for quitting assistance10.78.4 to 13.17.45.5 to 9.30.024
Received treatment with health professional3.72.8 to 4.72.61.8 to 3.50.09
Tobacco products
 Cigarettes89.988.0 to 91.781.179.2 to 83.0<0.001
 Hand-rolled23.120.6 to 25.729.126.6 to 31.60.001
 Clove2.51.6 to 3.31.00.5 to 1.5<0.01
 Piper0.30.1 to 0.51.41.0 to 1.9<0.001
 Cigar0.80.4 to 1.31.00.3 to 1.60.740
 Hookah1.60.1 to 2.10.50.2 to 0.90.005
 Other0.90.5 to 1.30.50.3 to 0.70.064
 CPD (mean)14.113.4 to 14.812.311.8 to 12.8<0.001
  • Quit attempts were assessed among current smokers (n=9912). Quit assistance include data from current smokers who tried to quit in the past year (n=4672). Tobacco products were assessed among current smokers not including those who had been quit less than a year (n=8849). CPD includes only daily current smokers of manufactured cigarettes (n=6110).

  • CPD, cigarettes per day.