Table 2.

Description and comparison by gender and age groups. For dichotomous variables (yes/no), “Yes” percentage was reported only.

Variables		Male N (%)	Female N (%)	P ∧	<45 years N (%)	≥45 years N (%)	P ∧
Are you aware of the damage caused by smoking?	Yes	309 (99)	329 (97)	0.070	323 (98)	320 (99)	0.420
What is/are the consequence/s that in the   immediate worries you? (Multiple-answers)	Wrinkles	27 (9)	77 (22)	<0.001	78 (24)	26 (8)	<0.001
	Skin spots	42 (40)	62 (60)	0.110	67 (20)	37 (11)	0.001
	Breathlessness	176 (56)	154 (45)	0.003	162 (49)	173 (52)	0.393
	Halitosis or bad breath	58 (19)	76 (22)	0.266	94 (28)	40 (12)	<0.001
	Yellow teeth	56 (18)	77 (22)	0.158	97 (29)	36 (11)	<0.001
	Yellow fingernails	4 (2)	7 (3)	0.445	11 (7)	0 (0)	<0.001*
	Hair loss	3 (2)	10 (5)	0.071	10 (6)	3 (1)	0.004
	Bad smelling clothes	33 (11)	58 (17)	0.020	50 (15)	41 (12)	0.310
Have you ever stopped smoking due to the warnings? (Decision to quit)	Yes	25 (8)	14 (4)	0.034	15 (5)	26 (8)	0.067
Are you or have you been influenced by the health warnings on cigarettes packages (in relation to the daily number of cigarettes smoked)? (Foregoing of cigarettes)	Yes	28 (9)	51 (15)	0.020	37 (11)	43 (14)	0.370
Have you changed your smoking habits due to the warnings (e.g., do not smoke after coffee)? (Forgoing of cigarettes)	Yes	23 (7)	29 (9)	0.583	29 (9)	23 (7)	0.497
°If yes. Have you returned to yours previous smoking habits after a short time?	Yes	12 (75)	13 (65)	0.718*	13 (77)	12 (63)	0.387
Having read the smoking warnings on packages, do you inhale it?	Yes	294 (94)	297 (87)	0.002	306 (93)	289 (88)	0.034
Do you consider it important to report the health warnings about tobacco consumption on cigarette packs?	A lot	83 (27)	84 (25)	0.468	98 (30)	71 (22)	0.048
	Enough	82 (27)	92 (21)		92 (28)	84 (26)
	Poor	94 (30)	92 (27)		82 (25)	104 (32)
	No	52 (17)	72 (21)		58 (18)	67 (21)
Have the messages communicated that smoking ruins your health? (Thoughts of harm)	Yes	268 (88)	290 (87)	0.929	293 (90)	270 (85)	0.071
Have the messages communicated to you that smoking causes damages to those around you, such as your children or family members? (Thoughts of harm)	Yes	252 (85)	280 (86)	0.641	287 (89)	246 (82)	0.009
Have the health warnings increased the   curiosity or the desire to be better informed  or to be helped to give up smoking?   (Warning salience)	A lot	27 (9)	21 (6)	0.153	21 (6)	29 (9)	<0.001
	Enough	83 (27)	104 (31)		120 (36)	68 (21)
	Poor	132 (42)	124 (36)		116 (35)	142 (44)
	No	69 (22)	92 (27)		74 (22)	87 (27)
Do you think that the light, blue, gold, and mild cigarettes are less hazardous than regular cigarettes?	Yes	67 (25)	73 (24)	0.762	58 (20)	82 (29)	0.022
If shocking images were used on cigarette boxes, would they have greater effect than simple warning text currently used?	Yes	194 (83)	197 (78)	0.189	215 (85)	180 (76)	0.019
If your favorite cigarettes brand decide to change the look of its cigarette boxes with shocking images on smoking health damages, would you think of changing it?	Yes	60 (32)	92 (43)	0.025	81 (40)	73 (36)	0.390
If you could choose the types of warning labels on cigarette packs, which one do you feel as more effective in helping to stop smoking?	Textual health warning	45 (17)	46 (17)	0.985	43 (15)	49 (19)	0.480
	Graphic health warnings with shocking images	72 (27)	77 (28)		81 (28)	71 (27)
	Both shocking images with text	148 (56)	155 (56)		163 (57)	140 (54)

^∧ P value chi-square test; *P value Fisher's exact test; °the sample size in this case is 36; bold: P < 0.05.