Table 2.
Smoking behaviour and preferences by smoking pattern
| Total | NNDS | CNDS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N=1201 | N=297 | N=904 | χ2 | p Value |
| Obtaining cigarettes | |||||
| Borrow all | 45 (3.7) | 9 (3.0) | 36 (4.0) | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| Borrow some | 574 (47.8) | 171 (57.6) | 448 (49.6) | 7.21 | 0.01 |
| Buy all | 582 (48.5) | 126 (42.4) | 456 (50.4) | 5.75 | 0.02 |
| Product preferences | |||||
| Prefer to buy packs | 917 (76.4) | 246 (82.8) | 671 (74.2) | 9.16 | 0.00 |
| Prefer to buy cartons | 160 (13.3) | 24 (8.1) | 136 (15.0) | 9.39 | 0.00 |
| Prefer menthol | 484 (40.3) | 123 (41.4) | 361 (39.9) | 0.20 | 0.65 |
| Usually carry cigarettes | 687 (57.2) | 137 (46.1) | 550 (60.8) | 19.77 | 0.00 |
| Indoor home smoking restricted | 517 (43.0) | 137 (46.1) | 380 (42.0) | 1.53 | 0.22 |
| Did price influence | |||||
| You to smoke less? | 866 (72.1) | 189 (63.6) | 677 (74.9) | 14.07 | 0.00 |
| Where you buy? | 800 (66.6) | 189 (63.6) | 611 (67.6) | 1.57 | 0.21 |
| The brand you smoke? | 531 (44.2) | 121 (40.7) | 410 (45.4) | 1.93 | 0.17 |
| An increase in desire to quit? | 721 (60.0) | 153 (51.5) | 568 (62.8) | 11.93 | 0.00 |
| Quit intentions | |||||
| Within 6 months? | 475 (39.6) | 118 (39.7) | 357 (39.5) | 0.01 | 0.94 |
| Within 30 days? | 125 (10.4) | 38 (12.8) | 87 (9.6) | 2.41 | 0.12 |
CNDS, converted non-daily smoker; NNDS, native non-daily smoker.