Table 2.

Smoking habits of the study population

	N	Past smokers (%)	Smokers (%)	P-value*
Total	313	16.3	8.3
Sector				N.S^a
Student	214	13.6	8.6
Employee	99	22.2	8.2
Gender				0.02
Male	110	23.6	10.0
Female	202	12.4	7.4
Marital status				0.02
Unmarried	231	13.0	9.5
Married	80	26.3	5.0
Age group				0.03
< 24	144	9.7	6.3
40–24	127	22.0	12.6
>40	38	23.7	2.6
Study Track				N.S^a
Medicine	102	12.7	6.9
Dentistry	43	16.3	11.6
Pharmacy	69	12.0	8.7

*p-value for differences between the groups (regarding smoking status)

^aN.S - Not significant