Table 2.
Effects of exposure to the SmokingZine intervention on smoking-related variables.a
| Question | Intervention group | Control group | P value | |||
| Baseline (n = 64), n (%) |
Follow-up (n = 59), n (%) |
Baseline (n = 49), n (%) |
Follow-up (n = 44), n (%) |
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| Smoking status | .58 | |||||
| Nonsmoker | 51 (85%) | 47 (83%) | 38 (83%) | 35 (80%) | ||
| Current smoker | 5 (8%) | 3 (5%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (4%) | ||
| Former smoker | 4 (6%) | 7 (12%) | 6 (13%) | 6 (15%) | ||
| Missing data | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| All youth ...Tried to help someone quit smoking | <.01 | |||||
| Yes | 46 (70%) | 52 (91%) | 28 (58%) | 28 (58%) | ||
| No | 20 (30%) | 5 (9%) | 20 (42%) | 15 (42%) | ||
| Former smokers ...At any time during the next year, do you think you will smoke? | .62 | |||||
| Yes | 1 (10%) | 2 (29%) | 6 (100%) | 6 (100%) | ||
| No | 9 (90%) | 5 (71%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nonsmokers ...In the next year, do you think you will try smoking a cigarette? | <.02 | |||||
| Yes | 7 (16%) | 0 | 3 (8%) | 8 (25%) | ||
| No | 37 (84%) | 38 (100%) | 34 (92%) | 27 (75%) | ||
| Never-smokers ...If one of your best friends offered you a cigarette, would you smoke it? | .26 | |||||
| Yes | 1 (2%) | 2 (5%) | 1 (3%) | 0 | ||
| No | 43 (98%) | 42 (96%) | 36 (97%) | 32 (100%) | ||
a Percentages were computed with 1–3 missing values excluded; sum may not total 100% due to rounding.