Table 2.
Demographic and baseline smoking profile of study participants (N=160).
| Variable | Control group (n=80) |
Treatment group (n=80) |
P valuea | |
| Gender, n (%) |
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Male | 35 (43.8) | 25 (31.3) | .10 |
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Female | 45 (56.2) | 55 (68.7) |
|
| Age, mean (SD) | 25.1 (4.1) | 24.2 (4.1) | .16b | |
| Education, n (%) |
|
|
.71 | |
|
|
Year 10 high school | 15 (19.0) | 17 (21.3) |
|
|
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Year 12 high school | 31 (39.2) | 29 (36.3) |
|
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Technical and further education (TAFE) qualifications | 17 (21.5) | 22 (27.5) |
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|
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Degree (university/college) | 16 (20.3) | 12 (15.0) |
|
| Cigarettes per day over past 30 days, n (%) |
|
|
.35 | |
|
|
1 | 11 (13.8) | 19 (23.8) |
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|
|
2-5 | 9 (11.3) | 10 (12.5) |
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|
6-10 | 21 (26.3) | 14 (17.5) |
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|
|
11-20 | 27 (33.8) | 29 (36.3) |
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|
|
>21 | 12 (15.0) | 8 (10.0) |
|
| Fagerström score, mean (SD) | 2.96 (2.52) | 2.87 (2.48) | .82b | |
| Fagerström dependency score, n (%) |
|
|
.92 | |
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0-2 | 39 (48.8) | 39 (49.4) |
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|
3-4 | 19 (23.8) | 18 (22.8) |
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|
5 | 8 (10.0) | 10 (12.7) |
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6-7 | 10 (12.5) | 10 (12.7) |
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8-10 | 4 (5.0) | 2 (2.5) |
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a From chi-square test (unless otherwise marked) comparing the treatment groups.
b From t test.