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Almost half of the people who use tobacco die due to its harmful effects. Tobacco is also one of the four main risk factors for preventable chronic diseases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 2033 individuals aged \u226518 years. A questionnaire was administered to collect sociodemographic characteristics, patterns of tobacco use, level of nicotine dependence, and the stage of change to quit tobacco.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the total participants, nearly 32% were ever users of tobacco, of which 27.2% were current users. Current smokers were 5.8% and smokeless tobacco users were 23.02%. On Fagerstrom questionnaire, half of the chewers (49.4%) were highly or very dependent as compared to smokers (20.1%). On assessing readiness to quit tobacco, it was found that most of them (43.9%) were in the pre-contemplation stage, followed by stages of contemplation (32.4%), preparation (21.1%), action, and maintenance (1.3% each).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tobacco consumption in the region remains high, with smokeless tobacco being more prevalent than smoking. Dependence levels among smokeless tobacco users surpass those of smokers. 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