Table 2.

Participants’ demographic characteristics

Characteristics		Intervention (n = 34)	Control (n = 34)	P
Age (year) (mean ± SD)		29.4 ± 5.7	30.6 ± 5.3	0.366*
Number of cigars smoked a day (mean ± SD)		15.4 ± 3.6	16.1 ± 3.3	0.374*
Number of smoking years (mean ± SD)		7.6 ± 3.9	8.1 ± 4.2	0.615*
Marital status [n (%)]	Married	24 (70.6)	22 (66.7)	0.817**
	Single	9 (26.5)	9 (27.3)
	Other	1 (2.9)	2 (6.1)
Educational status [n (%)]	Primary diploma	12 (35.3)	13 (39.4)	0.253**
	Secondary diploma	19 (55.9)	13 (39.4)
	University degree	3 (8.8)	7 (21.2)

^*Student's independent t-test

^**Pearson's chi-square test

SD: Standard deviation