Table 2.

Dependent variables (future intentions and beliefs about RYO) by sex, school year and according to whether they had ever smoked in life.

	Sex					Course					Smoke
	Male		Female		p Value	3rd		4th		p Value	Have smoked		Not have smoked		p Value
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Future intentions regarding smoking
I think I will smoke in the future (when I’m older)					0.633					0.828					<0.001
Yes	13	24.5	16	28.6		29	46.8	13	27.7		24	54.5	5	7.7
No	40	75.5	40	71.4		46	74.2	34	72.3		20	45.5	60	92.3
I think I will smoke MC cigarettes in the future					0.202					0.41					0.001
Yes	5	9.4	10	17.9		10	16.1	5	10.6		12	27.3	3	4.6
No	48	90.6	46	82.1		52	83.9	42	89.4		32	72.7	62	95.4
I think I will smoke RYO cigarettes in the future					0.7					0.922					<0.001
Yes	10	18.9	9	16.1		11	17.7	8	17		18	40.9	1	1.5
No	43	81.1	47	83.9		51	82.3	39	83		26	59.1	64	98.5
Beliefs about RYO tobacco
Smoking RYO cigarettes “hooks” less than smoking MC					0.082					0.906					0.042
Yes	17	34.7	11	19.6		16	27.1	12	26.1		16	37.2	12	19.4
No	32	65.3	45	80.4		43	72.9	34	73.9		27	62.8	50	80.6
RYO tobacco also “hooks”, but its less damaging for your health than MC cigarettes because it's more natural					0.039					0.385					0.708
Yes	21	42	13	23.2		21	35.6	13	27.7		15	34.1	19	30.6
No	29	58	43	76.8		38	64.4	34	72.3		29	65.9	43	69.4
MC tobacco and RYO tobacco carry nicotine and other harmful components for your health, and therefore are equally harmful					0.927					0.854					0.288
Yes	37	74	41	73.2		43	72.9	35	74.5		30	68.2	48	77.4
No	13	26	15	26.8		16	27.1	12	25.5		14	31.8	14	22.6
MC tobacco has more chemical additives than RYO tobacco					0.315					0.492					0.682
Yes	31	63.3	30	53.6		36	61	25	54.3		26	60.5	35	56.5
No	18	36.7	26	46.4		2.3	39	21	45.7		17	39.5	27	43.5
People who smoke RYO find it easier to quit when they want to in comparison to the ones who smoke MC					0.927					0.05					0.016
Yes	13	26	15	26.8		20	33.9	8	17		17	38.6	11	17.7
No	37	74	41	73.2		39	66.1	39	83		27	61.4	51	82.3