Table 1. Significance of Dependent versus Independent Variables of Cigarette Smoking Habits in Jazan Area.

Independent Variables		Dependent Variables									Total
		TES1	TES%	TES out of TR2%	TNS3	TNS%	TNS out of TR%	TCS4	TCS%	TCS out of TR%	TR	TR%
Total		1042	100	24.1	3284	100	75.9	1017	100	23.5	4326	100
Geographic Distribution*	Jazan	194	18.6	4.5	262	8.0	6.1	189	18.6	4.4	456	10.5
	Samtah	116	11.1	2.7	303	9.2	7.0	115	11.3	2.7	419	9.7
	Sabia	103	9.9	2.4	353	10.7	8.2	103	10.1	2.4	456	10.5
	Fifa	114	10.9	2.6	631	19.2	14.6	112	11.0	2.6	745	17.2
	Aldarb	118	11.3	2.7	427	13.0	9.9	118	11.6	2.7	545	12.6
	Alaardhah	161	15.5	3.7	515	15.7	11.9	151	14.8	3.5	676	15.6
	Abu -Arish	202	19.4	4.7	551	16.8	12.7	197	19.4	4.6	753	17.4
	Frsan	34	3.3	0.8	242	7.4	5.6	32	3.1	0.7	276	6.4
Gender*	Males	953	91.5	22	2116	64.4	48.9	935	91.9	21.6	3069	70.9
	Females	89	8.5	2.1	1168	35.6	27.0	82	8.1	1.9	1257	29.1
Lifestyle	Rural	428	41.1	9.9	1425	43.4	32.9	421	41.4	9.7	1853	42.8
	Urban	614	58.9	14.2	1859	56.6	43.0	596	58.6	13.8	2473	57.2
Marital Status*	Single	360	34.6	8.3	1055	32.1	24.4	355	34.9	8.2	1415	32.7
	Married	635	60.9	14.7	1992	60.7	46.0	617	60.7	14.3	2627	60.7
	Divorced	38	3.6	0.9	127	3.9	2.9	36	3.5	0.8	165	3.8
	Widow	9	0.9	0.2	110	3.3	2.5	9	0.9	0.2	119	2.8
Level of Education*	Illiterate	52	5.0	1.2	383	11.7	8.9	49	4.8	1.1	435	10.1
	Read & Write	56	5.4	1.3	177	5.4	4.1	54	5.3	1.2	233	5.4
	Primary	94	9.0	2.2	350	10.7	8.1	90	8.8	2.1	444	10.3
	Intermediate	210	20.2	4.9	569	17.3	13.2	207	20.4	4.8	779	18.0
	Secondary	405	38.9	9.4	930	28.3	21.5	400	39.3	9.2	1335	30.9
	Graduate	209	20.1	4.8	835	25.4	19.3	202	19.9	4.7	1044	24.1
	Postgraduate	16	1.5	0.4	40	1.2	0.9	15	1.5	0.3	56	1.3
Working Status*	Working	753	72.3	17.4	2050	62.4	47.4	734	72.2	17.0	2803	64.8
	Not working	289	27.7	6.7	1234	37.6	28.5	283	27.8	6.5	1523	35.2
Age Group5 *	≤19	75	7.2	1.7	299	9.1	6.9	74	7.3	1.7	374	8.6
	20<29	389	37.3	9.0	1115	34.0	25.8	384	37.8	8.9	1504	34.8
	30<39	349	33.5	8.1	985	30.0	22.8	337	33.1	7.8	1334	30.8
	40<49	150	14.4	3.5	520	15.8	12.0	145	14.3	3.4	670	15.5
	50<59	66	6.3	1.5	235	7.2	5.4	66	6.5	1.5	301	7.0
	60<69	12	1.2	0.3	89	2.7	2.1	10	1.0	0.2	101	2.3
	≥69	1	0.1	0.0	41	1.2	0.9	1	0.1	0.0	42	1.0

¹TES: Total of ever smokers (n = 1042);

²TR: Total of respondents (n = 4326);

³TNS: Total of non-smokers (n = 3284);

⁴TCS: Total of current smokers(n = 1017);

⁵in years;

*P<0.05.