Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of youth for change in smoking minimum legal age (MLA).
| Characteristics | Total (%) | Supportive of MLA (%) | Not Supportive of MLA (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 608 (100) | 488 (80.3) | 120 (19.7) | |
| Age (years) | 0.005 | |||
| 15–17 | 415 (68.3) | 342 (82.4) | 73 (17.6) | |
| 18–20 | 148 (24.3) | 118 (79.7) | 30 (20.3) | |
| 21–24 | 45 (7.4) | 28 (62.2) | 17 (37.8) | |
| Gender | 0.061 | |||
| Female | 345 (56.7) | 286 (82.9) | 59 (17.1) | |
| Male | 263 (43.3) | 202 (76.8) | 61 (23.2) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.021 | |||
| Chinese | 570 (93.8) | 463 (81.2) | 107 (18.8) | |
| Others | 38 (6.2) | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | |
| Highest qualifications | 0.097 | |||
| Up to secondary | 269 (44.2) | 224 (83.3) | 45 (16.7) | |
| Post-secondary and above | 339 (55.8) | 264 (77.9) | 75 (22.1) | |
| Smoking status | < 0.001 | |||
| Non-smoker | 588 (96.7) | 479 (81.5) | 109 (18.5) | |
| Smoker/Past smoker | 20 (3.3) | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | |
| Experienced indoor passive smoking | 0.722 | |||
| No | 134 (22) | 109 (81.3) | 25 (18.7) | |
| Yes | 474 (78) | 379 (80) | 95 (20) | |