Table 5:
Tobacco use status according to the tobacco use characteristics of the participants
| Variable | Gender | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Male n (%)* |
Female n (%)* |
p | |
| Tobacco use | ˂0.001 | ||
| Daily | 3160(40.6) | 1486(16.0) | |
| Occasionally | 271(3.5) | 314(3.4) | |
| Never | 2495(32.1) | 6761(72.7) | |
| I quit | 1858(23.9) | 739(7.9) | |
| Average number of cigarettes per day | ˂0.001 | ||
| Mean±standard deviation | 18.6±10.0 | 12.6±7.4 | |
| Median (min; max) | 20(1; 99) | 10(1; 50) | |
| Duration of daily tobacco product use (year) | ˂0.001 | ||
| Mean±standard deviation | 21.6±13.9 | 17.3±11.6 | |
| Median (min; max) | 20(1; 80) | 15(1; 60) | |
| Average age of starting to use tobacco products regularly | ˂0.001 | ||
| Mean±standard deviation | 18.3±5.7 | 21.8±8.1 | |
| Median (min; max) | 18(7; 75) | 20(7; 78) | |
| Attempt to quit smoking in the last 12 months | 0.003 | ||
| Yes | 1783(45.9) | 858(41.9) | |
| No | 2101(54.1) | 1189(58.1) | |
| Frequency of exposure to tobacco smoke indoors | ˂0.001 | ||
| Every day, ≥1 hour a day | 1484(19.1) | 1222(13.1) | |
| <1 hour every day | 603(7.7) | 585(6.3) | |
| At least once a week (but not every day) | 448(5.8) | 421(4.5) | |
| Less than once a week | 664(8.5) | 745(8.0) | |
| Never/Almost never | 4585(58.9) | 6327(68.0) | |