Table 2.

Susceptibility to smoking among non-smoking adolescent students in Malaysia

Variable	Smoking susceptibility
	Estimated population	Sample	%	95% CI		P value
				Lower	Upper
Overall	436 132	1557	13.9	13.0	14.9
Sex
Male	278 314	954	19.7	18.1	21.3	<0.001
Female	157 818	603	9.2	8.3	10.2
Locality
Urban	196 149	875	13.1	11.9	14.3	0.069
Rural	239 983	682	14.7	13.4	16.2
Age groups (years)
12 and younger	188 376	608	15.0	13.7	16.5	0.092
13–15	160 607	560	13.7	12.1	15.5
16–19	87 149	389	12.4	10.7	14.2
Ethnicity
Malay	279 189	1056	13.9	12.7	15.2	<0.001
Chinese	46 953	173	10.4	8.7	12.3
Indian	42 769	143	9.8	8.2	11.7
Bumiputra Sabah	23 118	62	13.8	10.4	18.1
Bumiputra Sarawak	25 252	53	14.5	11.0	18.8
Others	18 849	64	14.6	11.0	19.1
SHS exposure in the house
Yes	161 095	566	15.3	13.7	17.1	0.038
No	274 619	990	13.2	12.2	14.4
SHS exposure other than in the house
Yes	226 210	823	15.4	14.0	17.0	0.003
No	209 922	734	12.6	11.5	13.8
Ever smoker
Yes	40 451	174	36.1	29.8	42.9	<0.001
No	394 810	1381	13.1	12.2	14.0
E-cigarette user
Yes	20 333	87	65.2	52.2	76.3	<0.001
No	331 270	1188	11.8	10.9	12.7
Ever been taught in school about the harms of smoking
Yes	287 006	1002	12.0	11.1	13.1	<0.001
No	86 830	319	21.4	18.7	24.2
Tobacco smoke is harmful
Yes	359 019	1278	12.7	11.8	13.7	<0.001
No	7714	279	24.6	21.5	27.9
Ever seen anti-tobacco messages
Yes	384 619	1284	13.4	12.5	14.4	0.004
No	70 645	268	17.2	14.7	20.0
Ever seen someone smoke during a movie
Yes	313 269	1107	13.0	12.0	14.1	0.062
No	98 986	366	15.1	13.3	17.1
Cigarette promotion at points of sale
No	264 798	898	13.4	12.3	14.6	<0.001
Yes, not attractive	145 563	560	13.3	11.9	14.9
Yes, very attractive	24 398	95	38.7	31.1	46.8
Perceive smoking to be enjoyable
Yes	22 979	74	32.3	24.3	41.5	<0.001
No	412 400	1478	13.5	12.6	14.5

SHS, second-hand smoke.