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Table 1 Male smoking prevalence and smoking intensity among 5 income quintiles in Vietnam (age 15+; based on VLSS 1998)

From: The effect of imposing a higher, uniform tobacco tax in Vietnam

Quintile

Smoking prevalence (any tobacco use)

Cigarette-only smoking prevalence

Cigarettes/day

Poor

58.46

56.32

30.02

31.10

12.36

11.90

Near poor

54.19

 

32.12

 

11.49

 

Middle

52.60

 

34.94

 

11.44

 

Upper middle

47.70

45.36

36.34

37.20

10.62

10.40

High income

43.02

 

38.06

 

10.25

 

Whole sample

50.76

34.60

11.11