Table 2.
The nicotine dependence level among current smokers
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p |
| Total = 137 | 6 (12.8) | 55 (40.3) | 64 (46.9) | |
| Profession | ||||
| Physician | 4 (33.3) | 7 (58.3) | 6 (8.3) | 0.707 |
| Allied Health | 24 (47.1) | 17 (33.3) | 6 (8.1) | |
| Administrative | 36 (48.6) | 32 (43.2) | 10 (19.6) | |
| Age, years | ||||
| 19–30 | 33 (48.4) | 29 (47.6) | 6 (8.8) | 0.631 |
| 31–40 | 28 (46.7) | 22 (36.7) | 10 (16.6) | |
| ≥ 41 | 3 (33.3) | 5 (56.5) | 1 (11.1) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 52 (43.7) | 51 (42.9) | 13 (13.4) | 0.180 |
| Female | 12 (66.7) | 4 (22.2) | 5 (11.1) | |
| Nationality | ||||
| Saudi | 44 (46.3) | 38 (40.0) | 13 (13.7) | 0.617 |
| Non-Saudi | 20 (47.6) | 17 (40.5) | 5 (11.9) | |
| Education | ||||
| Undergraduate | 48 (51.1) | 38 (40.4) | 8 (8.5) | 0.050 |
| Postgraduate | 16 (38.1) | 17 (40.5) | 9 (21.4) | |
| Work shift | ||||
| Yes | 25 (41.7) | 30 (50.0) | 5 (8.3) | 0.405 |
| No | 39 (50.6) | 25 (37.5) | 13 (16.9) |