Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of the two groups.

Characteristic	Smoker group	Nonsmoker group	p
Age (years)	26.4 (3.2)	26.8 (1.8)	0.65
Education (years)	15.7 (1.7)	15.3 (1.1)	0.41
Cigarettes/day	15.4 (5.7)	0	0
Years of cigarette use	6.3 (2.5)	0	0
TAS	66.8 (9.6)	63.5 (8.5)	0.25
PANAS
Negative	24.5 (6.9)	24.6 (8.2)	0.96
Positive	32.6 (5.7)	31.7 (6.0)	0.66

Values are means (1 standard deviation). TAS, Toronto Alexithymia Scale; PANAS, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.