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Table 2 Percent of men using tobacco by ethnicity*

From: Comparisons of social and demographic determinants of tobacco use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ethnicity

Cigarettes

Snuff

Natural tobacco/cigars

Bakongo Nord & Sud

20

22

2.7

Bas-kasai et Kwilu-Kwango

21.1

20.3

3.2

Cuvette central

21.8

5.7

5.7

Ubangi et Itimburi

20

8.4

2.9

Uele Lac Albert

30

7.7

6.4

Basele-K, Maniema & Kivu

16.5

0.9

4.2

Kasai, Katanga, Tanganyika

21.4

1.3

6

Lunda

28.2

2.6

14.1

Pygmy

56.5

0

21.7

Total

21.1

7.7

4.7

  1. *Ethnicity defined broadly by the DHS