Table 1.

Sample Characteristics by Country (n=2002)

	Thailand	Malaysia
Sample Size	1000	1002
Mean Age (SE)	14.7 (0.04)	15.2 (0.08)
Gender
Female	48.9%	49.3%
Male	51.1%	50.7%
Urban vs Rural Status
Urban	26.0%	58.9%
Rural	74.0%	41.1%
Smoking Status
Never	84.3%	86.3%
Ever	15.7%	13.7%
Former	0.1%	0.1%
Puffer	0.3%	0.7%
Experimenter	12.1%	10.5%
Current	3.2%	2.4%
Susceptibility to Smoking
Would smoke a cigarette if offered by one of best friends	17.3%	18.0%
Would smoke a cigarette sometime during next year	19.2%	19.3%
Susceptibility overall	24.2%	23.4%

Note.

All data are weighted.