Table 4.
Male | Female | ||||||||||||
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All | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | non-smokers | smokers | All | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | non-smokers | smokers | ||
Is nicotine addictive? | Yes, like illicit drugs | 37.0% | 36.0% | 38.1% | 36.8% | 42.3% | 33.5% | 46.7% | 44.1% | 43.3% | 52.9% | 48.2% | 39.3% |
Yes, but less than illicit drugs | 49.0% | 46.6% | 50.9% | 49.9% | 43.7% | 52.6% | 42.2% | 44.7% | 45.2% | 36.7% | 41.1% | 48.2% | |
Yes, but easily overcome | 8.1% | 9.8% | 6.6% | 7.9% | 8.7% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 2.3% | 4.9% | 10.0% | |
No | 3.0% | 4.3% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.3% | |
Does smoking shorten life? | No | 10.0% | 11.4% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 6.3% | 12.5% | 5.8% | 6.9% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 15.1% |
Yes, only for people with cancer | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.1% | |
Yes, by 1-2 years | 12.7% | 12.5% | 15.1% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 15.5% | 9.1% | 14.7% | 9.1% | 3.9% | 6.9% | 20.0% | |
Yes, by 3-5 years | 33.3% | 33.8% | 32.8% | 33.4% | 35.0% | 32.2% | 33.5% | 30.4% | 35.4% | 34.1% | 34.6% | 27.8% | |
Yes, by more than 5 years | 24.3% | 21.0% | 24.9% | 28.5% | 35.7% | 16.7% | 34.6% | 28.8% | 34.5% | 39.9% | 37.8% | 18.4% | |
Second hand smoke: | Severely harmful to adults and children | 60.7% | 57.8% | 62.9% | 61.6% | 71.8% | 53.3% | 75.3% | 68.9% | 75.2% | 81.4% | 77.3% | 65.4% |
Harmful only for some people if exposure heavy | 20.0% | 20.8% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 17.2% | 21.9% | 14.8% | 18.7% | 16.5% | 9.3% | 13.5% | 21.3% | |
Affects health but only slightly | 11.4% | 12.9% | 11.1% | 9.6% | 5.8% | 15.2% | 5.8% | 7.6% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 10.6% | |
No harm | 3.1% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 4.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.4% | |
Light cigarettes safer than regular ones | Percentage yes | 28.9% | 28.4% | 31.3% | 25.5% | 22.3% | 33.3% | 20.7% | 28.0% | 19.6% | 15.3% | 18.4% | 32.5% |
Note: Those responding “difficult to say” not reported so columns may not sum to 100%