Table 2.
Smoking characteristic of the study sample n = 1817.
| Smoking Status | Total n | % | Women | Men | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||||
| Current daily smoker | 560 | 30.8 | 271 | 22.1 (19.8–24.4) | 289 | 48.7 (44.7–52.7) | p < 0.0001 |
| Current occasional smoker | 115 | 6.3 | 91 | 7.4 (5.9–8.9) | 24 | 4.0 (2.4–5.6) | p < 0.05 |
| Never smoker | 864 | 47.6 | 684 | 55.9 (53.1–58.7) | 180 | 30.4 (26.7–34.1) | p < 0.0001 |
| Former smoker | 278 | 15.3 | 178 | 14.5 (12.5–16.5) | 100 | 16.9 (13.9–19.9) | p > 0.05 |
| Missing data | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | ||
| The type of cigarettes smoked the most | |||||||
| Regular filter cigarettes | 493 | 74.4 | 246 | 69.5 (64.7–74.3) | 247 | 79.9 (75.4–84.4) | p < 0.05 |
| Non-filter | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.6 (0.0–1.4) | 3 | 1.0 (0.0–2.1) | p > 0.05 |
| Hand-rolled | 96 | 14.5 | 42 | 11.9 (8.5–15.3) | 54 | 17.5 (13.3–21.7) | p < 0.05 |
| Slim | 31 | 4.7 | 29 | 8.2 (5.3–11.1) | 2 | 0.6 (0.0–1.5) | p < 0.0001 |
| Menthol | 38 | 5.7 | 35 | 9.9 (6.8–13.0) | 3 | 1.0 (0.0–2.1) | p < 0.0001 |
| Missing data | 12 | 1.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 4 1.3 | ||
| Age at smoking onset Mean (± SD) | 19.10 ± 3.96 | 19.88 ± 4.44 | 18.18 ± 3.08 | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Number of cigarettes smoked daily Mean (± SD) | 14.53 ± 7.23 | 12.89 ± 7.05 | 16.17 ± 7.04 | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Filter | 14.18 ± 6.86 | 12.60 ± 6.27 | 15.63 ± 7.06 | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Non-filter | 15.00 ± 5.00 | 10.00 | 17.50 ± 3.54 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Hand-rolled | 17.48 ± 8.40 | 16.71 ± 10.42 | 18.00 ± 6.75 | p > 0.05 | |||
| Slim | 12.59 ± 6.08 | 11.85 ± 5.88 | 20.00 ± 0.00 | - | |||
| Menthol | 10.89 ± 7.23 | 9.82 ± 5.89 | 20.00 ± 14.14 | - | |||
SD: standard deviation.