TABLE 4.
Prevalence of the use of cigarettes and related products among second and third year medical students at the University of the Free State over a period of 12 months.
| Smoking habits | Number of occurrences over a period of 12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 |
3–5 |
6–10 |
11–19 |
20–39 |
≥ 40 |
Total |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Cigarettes | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 111) | 14 | 12.6 | 6 | 5.4 | 4 | 3.6 | 2 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 | 7 | 6.3 | 35 | 31.5 |
| Third year (n = 57) | 9 | 15.8 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 7 | 12.3 | 20 | 35.1 |
| Smokeless tobacco | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 106) | 4 | 3.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 9 | 8.5 |
| Third year (n = 56) | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 7.1 |
| Water pipe | ||||||||||||||
| Second year (n = 110) | 14 | 12.7 | 12 | 10.9 | 9 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 3.6 | 5 | 4.5 | 45 | 40.9 |
| Third year (n = 58) | 8 | 13.8 | 3 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.6 | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 6.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 23 | 39.7 |