Table 1.
Participants’ demographics (N=29)
| Participants’ demographic variables | N (%) |
| Age (in years) | |
| Mean±SD | 22.4±1.1 |
| Range | 20–24 |
| Race | |
| Chinese | 10 (34.5) |
| Malay | 13 (44.8) |
| Indian | 5 (17.2) |
| Other: Filipino | 1 (3.4) |
| Educational level at the time of enlistment | |
| Secondary education | 12 (41.4) |
| Vocational institute | 11 (37.9) |
| ‘A’ levels/international baccalaureate/diploma | 6 (20.7) |
| Tobacco use status | |
| Former user | 5 (17.2) |
| Current user | 24 (82.8) |
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | |
| 0–10 | 19 (82.6) |
| 11–30 | 4 (17.4) |
| Age smoked first cigarette (in years) | |
| Mean±SD | 16.0±2.9 |
| Range | 10–20 |
| Pre-national service smoking history | |
| Yes | 26 (89.7) |
| No | 3 (10.3) |