Research Article
A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students
Table 4
Differences of intention to quit smoking between males and females (n=364).
| Intention to quit smoking | Male (n=321) | Female (n=43) | p-value |
| Intention to quit in the next 30 days | | | | Yes | 109 (34.0) | 22 (51.2) | 0.041 | No | 212 (66.0) | 21 (48.8) | | Attempt in quitting smoking | | | | Yes, >1 time | 113 (35.2) | 15 (34.9) | 0.691 | Yes, 1 time | 46 (14.3) | 4 (9.3) | | No | 162 (50.5) | 24 (55.8) | | Reasons for intention to quit | | | | Family members and friends | 64 (19.9) | 9 (20.9) | 0.841 | Social unacceptability | 29 (9.0) | 4 (9.3) | 1.000 | Inconvenience to smoke | 17 (5.3) | 4 (9.3) | 0.292 | Awareness of dangers of smoking | 76 (23.7) | 9 (20.9) | 0.848 | Health of smokers | 65 (20.3) | 15 (34.9) | 0.048 | Where to ask for help to quit | | | | Community pharmacy | 23 (7.2) | 5 (11.6) | 0.354 | Hospital | 28 (8.7) | 6 (13.9) | 0.266 | Quitline 1600 | 31 (9.7) | 3 (7.0) | 0.782 | Others | 72 (22.4) | 10 (23.3) | 0.848 |
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