Table 1.
Participant demographics and health-related practices
| Instructor (N=6) |
Student (N=18) |
Total (N=24) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| - Mean (SD) | 32.7 (5.4) | 30.1 (6.3) | 30.8(6.0) |
| - Min − Max | 24.0 - 38.0 | 23.0 - 46.0 | 23.0 - 46.0 |
| Years in fire service | |||
| - Mean (SD) | 9.5 (4.9) | 7.6 (5.2) | 8.0 (5.1) |
| - Min − Max | 3.0 - 15.0 | 1.0 - 19.0 | 1.0 - 19.0 |
| Smoked more than 100 cigarettes in lifetime | |||
| - No | 4 (80.0%) | 13 (72.2%) | 17 (73.9%) |
| - Yes | 1 (20.0%) | 5 (27.8%) | 6 (26.1%) |
| - Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Current smoking frequency | |||
| - Not at all | 5 (83.3%) | 17 (94.4%) | 22 (91.7%) |
| - Some days | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (5.6%) | 2 (8.3%) |
| - Every day | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Current use of chewing tobacco | |||
| - Not at all | 4 (80.0%) | 11 (64.7%) | 15 (68.2%) |
| - Some days | 1 (20.0%) | 2 (11.8%) | 3 (13.6%) |
| - Every day | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (23.5%) | 4 (18.2%) |
| - Missing | 1 | 1 | 2 |