Table 3.
Awareness Index (AI) in relation to the number of cigarettes smoked daily, number of previous quitting attempts and intention to quit smoking within the next month.
| Variable | Smoking Causes Serious Illness | Smoking Causes Strokes | Smoking Causes Heart Attacks | Smoking Causes Lung Cancer | Awareness Index (AI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aware | Not Aware | Aware | Not Aware | Aware | Not Aware | Aware | Not Aware | AI 0–3 | AI 4 | |
| Number of cigarettes smoked daily Mean (±SD) | 12.84 ± 7.70 | 14.65 ± 7.37 | 12.94 ± 7.84 | 13.31 ± 7.54 | 12.82 ± 7.64 | 13.70 ± 7.85 | 12.92 ± 7.68 | 13.92 ± 7.68 | 13.27 ± 7.76 | 12.95 ± 7.70 |
| Intention to quit smoking within the next month | 105 (17.4) | 7 (9.3) | 76 (19.3) | 35 (13.0) | 82 (17.5) | 29 (14.5) | 7 (8.4) | 7 (8.4) | 39 (13.1) | 72 (19.7) * |
| Number of previous quit attempts Mean (±SD) | 3.13 ± 11.22 | 5.33 ± 18.61 | 3.87 ± 13.99 | 2.81 ± 9.98 | 3.55 ± 12.79 | 3.12 ± 11.61 | 3.64 ± 13.20 | 1.72 ± 0.45 | 2.73 ± 9.57 | 4.02 ± 14.47 |
* p < 0.05.