Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of health professional students by their current smoking status (n = 3612)
Characteristics | Never-smoker | Ex-smoker | Experimenter | Current smoker | Smoker who attempted to quit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 2820 | n = 396 | n = 965 | n = 391 | n = 349 | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value* | ||
Anti-tobacco policy awareness | |||||||
No | 1334 (47.3) | 173 (43.7) | 395 (40.9) | 136 (34.8) | 142 (40.7) | < 0.01 | |
Yes | 1486 (52.7) | 223 (56.3) | 570 (59.1) | 255 (65.2) | 207 (59.3) | ||
Anti-tobacco policy support | |||||||
No | 180 (6.4) | 45 (11.4) | 184 (19.1) | 111 (28.4) | 63 (18.1) | < 0.01 | |
Yes | 2640 (93.6) | 351 (88.6) | 781 (80.9) | 280 (71.6) | 286 (81.9) | ||
Age in years (categorical) | |||||||
15-18 | 152 (5.4) | 9 (2.3) | 39 (4.0) | 23 (5.9) | 10 (2.9) | < 0.01 | |
19-24 | 2627 (93.2) | 381 (96.2) | 880 (91.2) | 330 (84.4) | 301 (86.2) | ||
≥25 | 41 (1.5) | 6 (1.5) | 46 (4.8) | 38 (9.7) | 38 (10.9) | ||
Sex | |||||||
Female | 2109 (74.8) | 137 (34.6) | 315 (32.6) | 47 (12.0) | 52 (14.9) | <0.01 | |
Male | 711 (25.2) | 259 (65.4) | 650 (67.4) | 344 (88.0) | 297 (85.1) | ||
Health profession | |||||||
Dental | 277 (9.8) | 30 (7.6) | 81 (8.4) | 32 (8.2) | 24 (6.9) | <0.01 | |
Medical | 1840 (65.2) | 284 (71.7) | 645 (66.8) | 245 (62.6) | 194 (55.6) | ||
Pharmacy | 703 (25.0) | 82 (20.7) | 239 (24.8) | 114 (29.2) | 131 (37.5) | ||
SHS exposure | |||||||
No | 1116 (39.6) | 111 (28.0) | 205 (21.2) | 24 (6.1) | 34 (9.7) | <0.01 | |
Yes | 1704 (60.4) | 285 (72.0) | 760 (78.8) | 367 (93.9) | 315 (90.3) | ||
Perception: HP is a role model for patients and public | |||||||
No | 564 (20.0) | 86 (21.7) | 255 (26.4) | 117 (29.9) | 107 (30.7) | <0.01 | |
Yes | 2256 (80.0) | 310 (78.3) | 710 (73.6) | 274 (70.1) | 242 (69.3) | ||
Perception: HP has a role in tobacco control | |||||||
No | 334 (11.8) | 41 (10.4) | 134 (13.9) | 50 (12.8) | 49 (14.0) | 0.26 | |
Yes | 2486 (88.2) | 355 (89.6) | 831 (86.1) | 341 (87.2) | 300 (86.0) | ||
Received training about tobacco health effects | |||||||
No | 732 (26.0) | 106 (26.8) | 270 (28.0) | 105 (26.9) | 75 (21.5) | 0.21 | |
Yes | 2088 (74.0) | 290 (73.2) | 695 (72.0) | 286 (73.1) | 274 (78.5) | ||