Table 1.
The participants’ demographic characteristics and smoking history.
| Demographic characteristics | No. of participants (N=20) | |
| Age range, y (mean=33 y) | ||
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20-29 | 8 |
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30-39 | 5 |
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40-49 | 4 |
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50-59 | 1 |
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Unknown | 2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
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Euro-Canadian | 16 |
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First Nation | 2 |
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Other | 2 |
| Education | ||
|
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Incomplete high school | 5 |
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High school | 5 |
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Postsecondary | 9 |
|
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Other | 1 |
| Employment | ||
|
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Working | 12 |
|
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Not working | 7 |
|
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Student | 1 |
| Marital status | ||
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Married | 5 |
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Common-law | 11 |
|
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Single | 4 |
| Parental status | ||
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Have children | 19 |
|
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Expecting first child | 1 |
|
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Avg age of youngest child, years | 4.54 y |
| Smoking history | ||
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Mean age started smoking, years | 16.5 y |
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Mean cigarettes/day when smoking | 9.3 |