Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants (n=57)

Demography characteristics
Age, years, mean (SD)	58 (10.8)
Range	40–82
Gender, n (%)
Male	56 (98%)
Female	1 (2%)
Ethnicity, n (%)
Malay	15 (29.4%)
Chinese	32 (62.7%)
Indian	4 (7.8%)
Education level, n (%)
Primary education	21 (36.8%)
Lower secondary	19 (33.3%)
Upper secondary	14 (24.6%)
Tertiary	3 (5.3%)
Fagestrom score, n (%)
High addiction (8–10)	8 (14.0%)
Moderate (5–7)	14 (24.6%)
Low to moderate addiction (3–4)	20 (35.1%)
Low addiction (0–2)	15 (26.3%)
Marital status, n (%)
Single	10 (17.4%)
Married	43 (75.4%)
Divorced	3 (0.05%)
Widowed	1 (0.02%)
Previous attendance at smoking cessation clinics, n (%)
Yes	19 (33.3%)
No	38 (66.6%)