Table 4.

Average scores of the level of fear of smoking-related harms reported by participants with different social and behavioural characteristics.

Variables Seeing images perceived as the scariest images	n	M	SD
Gender
Male	187	34.24	10.91
Female	145	37.47	9.05
Levels of involvement in smoking behaviour
No involvement in smoking behaviour	224	37.04	9.19
Involvement in smoking behaviour	108	32.75	11.69
Family member’s smoking behaviour
Smoking	111	35.69	11.24
Not smoking	220	35.58	9.74
Friend’s smoking behaviour
Smoking	230	34.92	10.66
Not smoking	101	37.20	9.10
Seeing images perceived as the least scary images
Gender
Male	187	21.51	11.69
Female	145	22.97	11.01
Levels of involvement in smoking behaviour
No involvement in smoking behaviour	224	22.48	11.32
Involvement in smoking behaviour	108	21.48	11.60
Family member’s smoking behaviour
Smoking	111	22.85	12.24
Not smoking	220	21.70	10.90
Friend’s smoking behaviour	230	22.07	11.46
Smoking
Not smoking	101	22.13	11.18