Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Bivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Beliefs Among College Students in Saudi Arabia About Using Cessation Medications in the Qassim Region

Characteristics	Total (n = 958)a		Smoking Cessation Medications
			Believed in the Effects (n = 607)		Did Not Believe in the Effects (n = 308)		P-value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age group (years)
18–23	719	78.6	478	78.7	241	78.3	0.861
>23	196	21.4	129	21.3	67	21.7
Gender
Male	807	88.5	527	87.1	280	91.2	0.067
Female	105	11.5	78	12.9	27	8.8
Marital status
Married	47	5.2	34	5.6	13	4.2	0.371
Unmarried	862	94.8	569	94.4	293	95.8
Income (US$/month)
≤990 SR ($264)	29	3.2	15	2.5	14	4.6	0.091
>990 SR ($264)	886	96.8	592	97.5	294	95.4
Academic performance
Excellent to good	862	94.7	567	93.9	295	96.4	0.107
Poor to fail	48	5.3	37	6.1	11	3.6
Past 30 uses smoke hookah
Yes	179	20	99	16.7	80	27	<0.001*
No	712	79.9	495	83.3	217	73
Harmfulness of hookah
More harmful than cigarettes	121	13.3	70	11.6	51	16.6	<0.001*
Same harmfulness as cigarettes	147	16.1	70	11.6	77	25.1
Less harmful than cigarettes	644	70.6	465	76.86	179	58.3
Social acceptability
None	418	45.9	287	47.5	131	42.7	0.281
Low	262	28.7	175	29	87	28.3
Medium	181	19.9	113	18.7	68	22.2
High	50	5.5	29	4.8	21	6.8

Notes: ^aThe numbers may not total 958 for some variables due to missing values; *p<0.05.