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Table 2 Smoking-related attitude (n, %)

From: Smoking related attitudes, motives, and behaviors of male secondary school students in an urban setting of China

Variable

Smoker (n = 395)

Non-smoker (n = 902)

p-value

Decided not to smoke in the future

<0.001*

 Agree

264 (66.8)

822 (91.1)

 

 Neutral

94 (23.8)

62 (6.9)

 

 Disagree

37 (9.4)

18 (2.0)

 

Proud of being a non-smoker

<0.001*

 Agree

254 (64.3)

783 (86.8)

 

 Neutral

86 (21.8)

90 (10.0)

 

 Disagree

55 (13.9)

29 (3.2)

 

Supported others not to smoke

<0.001*

 Agree

273 (69.1)

777 (86.1)

 

 Neutral

81 (20.5)

99 (11.0)

 

 Disagree

41 (10.4)

26 (2.9)

 

Concerned about my health

<0.001*

 Agree

351 (88.9)

875 (97.0)

 

 Neutral

28 (7.1)

22 (2.4)

 

 Disagree

16 (4.1)

5 (0.6)

 

Had confidence to refuse to smoke

<0.001*

 Agree

294 (74.4)

827 (91.7)

 

 Neutral

76 (19.2)

61 (6.8)

 

 Disagree

25 (6.3)

14 (1.6)

 

Looked for ways to refuse to smoke or quit smoking

<0.001*

 Agree

286 (72.4)

794 (88.0)

 

 Neutral

75 (19.0)

91 (10.1)

 

 Disagree

34 (8.6)

17 (1.9)

 
  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)