Table 3. Motives Induce Smoking as Reported By Current Smokers (n = 1017).
Category | Motives | Males (n = 935) | % | Females (n = 82) | % | Total | % |
Personal | For fun | 665 | 71.1 | 67 | 81.7 | 732 | 72.0 |
Stress Release | 461 | 49.3 | 48 | 58.5 | 509 | 50.0 | |
Family | Mothers | 246 | 26.3 | 32 | 39.0 | 278 | 27.3 |
Fathers | 42 | 4.5 | 14 | 17.1 | 56 | 5.5 | |
Parents | 22 | 2.4 | 12 | 14.6 | 34 | 3.3 | |
Social | Friends | 53 | 5.7 | 10 | 12.2 | 63 | 6.2 |