Table 5. Age at smoking initiation and attitudes towards smoking cessation among smokers.
n | |
Age at smoking initiation (years) (n = 202) | |
10> | 3 (1.5%) |
10–19 | 145 (71.8%) |
20≦ | 54 (26.7%) |
Attempted to quit smoking (n = 207) | |
No | 69 (33.3%) |
Yes | 138 (66.7%) |
Motivated to quit smoking (n = 195) | |
No | 90 (46.2%) |
Yes | 105 (53.8%) |
Advised to quit smoking (n = 195) | |
No | 85 (43.6%) |
Yes | 110 (56.4%) |
Data were collected from December 2006 through March 2007.
For each item, the subjects who did not answer the related questions were excluded.