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. 2008 Sep 30;17(6):416–421. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.026732

Table 1. Demographic and smoking characteristics of participants by pack condition.

Original(n = 176) Plain pack 1(n = 219) Plain pack 2(n = 199) Plain pack 3(n = 219) p Value
Male (%) 38.6 38.4 35.2 40.2 0.765
Age (%) 0.206
     18–29 years 18.2 17.4 24.6 17.8
    30+ years 81.8 82.6 75.4 82.2
Education (%) 0.684
    Year 11 or less 31.7 36.8 35.6 39.0
    Year 12/some tertiary 50.6 42.0 45.2 43.0
    Tertiary 17.7 21.2 19.1 18.0
Socioeconomic status (%) 0.409
    SEIFA 1 (lowest advantage) 23.3 19.6 20.6 20.8
    SEIFA 2 18.2 21.0 18.1 20.4
    SEIFA 3 30.7 36.5 37.2 27.3
    SEIFA 4 (highest advantage) 27.8 22.8 24.1 31.5
Consumption (%) 0.355
    1–10 cigs/day 29.0 27.9 24.6 27.9
    11–15 cigs/day 24.4 29.7 22.1 26.9
    16–20 cigs/day 25.0 16.9 21.1 22.8
    21–25 cigs/day 11.4 13.7 14.6 10.5
    26 + cigs/day 10.2 11.9 17.6 11.9
Brand seen is brand smoked 19.3 17.4 15.6 15.5 0.727

SEIFA, Socio-Economic Index for Areas.