Table 3.

Smoking behavior among smokers and its relation to type of college (n=139)

Item	Commerce and Economics	Engineering	Medicine	Total (%)	p
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
First cigarette smokers by age
<12	5 (26.3)	5 (26.3)	9 (47.4)	19 (13.7)	0.037
12–18	23 (37.1)	12 (19.4)	27 (43.5)	62 (44.6)
>18 years	27 (46.6)	19 (32.8)	12 (20.7)	58 (41.7)
How long have you been smoking?
<1	0 (0.00)	1 (12.5)	7 (87.5)	8 (5.8)	0.000
1–3	12 (24.0)	17 (34.0)	21 (42.0)	50 (36.0)
3–5	24 (63.2)	9 (23.7)	5 (13.2)	38 (27.3)
>5 years	19 (44.2)	9 (20.9)	15 (34. 9)	43 (30.9)
How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
<5	11 (32.4)	7 (20.6)	16 (47.1)	34 (24.5)	0.004
5–10	6 (22.2)	6 (22.2)	15 (55.6)	27 (19.4)
10–20	6 (35.3)	4 (23.5)	7 (41.2)	17 (12.2)
>1 pack	32 (52.5)	19 (31. 1)	10 (16.4)	61 (43.9)
Do you think it is possible to quit smoking?
Yes	54 (46. 2)	24 (20.5)	39 (33.3)	117 (84.2)	0.001
No	1 (4.5)	12 (54.5)	9 (40.9)	22 (15.8)
Did you try to stop smoking?
Yes	20 (39.2)	10 (19.6)	21 (41.2)	51 (36.7)	0.209
No	35 (39.8)	26 (29.5)	27 (30.7)	88 (63.3)
Will you accept help to quit smoking?
Yes	43 (40.2)	30 (28.0)	34 (31.8)	107 (77.0)	0.233
No	12 (37.5)	6 (18.8)	14 (43.8)	32 (23.0)
Previous attempts to quit smoking
Never	38 (36.2)	30 (28.6)	37 (35.2)	105 (75.5)	0.317
1	0 (0.00)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	3 (2.2)
2	1 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (50.0)	2 (1.4)
3	5 (71.4)	1 (14.3)	1 (14.3)	7 (5.0)
>3	11 (50.0)	4 (18.2)	7 (31.8)	22 (15.8)
Longest abstinence time from smoking
Within 1 week	29 (38.2)	16 (21.1)	31 (40.8)	76 (54.7)	0.001
Within 1 month	4 (15.4)	13 (50.0)	9 (34.6)	26 (18.7)
Within 3 months	9 (42.9)	5 (23.8)	7 (33.3)	21 (15.1)
Over 3 months	13 (81.3)	2 (12.5)	1 (6.3)	16 (11.5)