Table 4.
Medical Students’ General Knowledge of Tobacco Productsa
| No. (%) responded correctly |
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| Question | Overall (n = 447) |
First-year students (n = 109) |
Second- year students (n = 89) |
Third- year students (n = 91) |
Fourth- year students (n = 124) |
P
value (by class)b |
| What percentage of U.S. high school students have used a tobacco product in the last 30 days? |
96 (21.5) | 20 (18.4) | 18 (20.2) | 21 (23.1) | 29 (23.4) | .421 |
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| Which of the following are found in electronic cigarettes? |
28 (6.3) | 7 (6.4) | 7 (7.9) | 4 (4.4) | 8 (6.5) | 1.000 |
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| How much tobacco does one cigar contain compared to conventional cigarettes? |
12 (2.7) | 1 (0.9) | 4 (4.5) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (3.2) | .375 |
a
An anonymous online survey was completed by 431 medical students at one medical school in New York City in 2014. Students’ general knowledge of tobacco products was tested using the questions listed above. The correct answers are: (1) 15%-20%; (2) nicotine, humectants, tobacco specific nitrosamines, diethylene glycol; and (3) more than a pack (20 cigarettes).
b
Fisher’s exact test