Smoking characteristics of current smokers
| Characteristics* | Categories | Total n=455, n (%) |
| Age of initiation of smoking | ≤7 years old | 34 (8.0) |
| 8–9 years | 20 (4.7) | |
| 10–11 years | 42 (9.9) | |
| 12–13 years | 77 (18.2) | |
| 14–15 years | 109 (25.8) | |
| ≥16 years | 140 (33.1) | |
| The reason for initiation of smoking cigarettes | Peer pressure | 83 (20.0) |
| Loneliness | 73 (17.5) | |
| Family influence | 63 (15.1) | |
| Curiosity | 69 (16.6) | |
| Stress relief | 91 (21.9) | |
| Others | 36 (8.6) | |
| Factors that most influence participant to smoke | Friends and family smoking | 83 (19.9) |
| The taste and feeling of it | 144 (34.8) | |
| To relief stress | 97 (23.2) | |
| All of the above | 37 (8.8) | |
| Do not know | 56 (13.4) | |
| Source of cigarettes | Corner shop | 161 (39.1) |
| Street vendor | 51 (12.4) | |
| From someone else | 76 (18.4) | |
| Other ways | 123 (29.9) | |
| Refuses to sell cigarette because of participant’s age | Did not try to buy during the past 30 days | 128 (31.0) |
| Yes | 83 (20.1) | |
| No | 210 (48.7) | |
| Brands of cigarettes used | No usual brand | 181 (43.9) |
| Piccadilly | 30 (7.2) | |
| Monte Carlo | 37 (8.9) | |
| Bond Street | 103 (25.0) | |
| Business Royal | 37 (8.9) | |
| Benson & Hedges | 7 (1.7) | |
| Marlboro | 6 (1.4) | |
| Others | 11 (2.6) | |
| How easy or difficult would it be to get cigarettes | Very difficult | 86 (20.8) |
| Fairly difficult | 45 (10.9) | |
| Fairly easy | 52 (12.5) | |
| Very easy | 163 (39.4) | |
| I do not know | 67 (16.2) | |
| Amount spent on cigarettes/day | ≤D10 | 161 (38.8) |
| D11–D20 | 68 (16.3) | |
| D21–D40 | 52 (12.5) | |
| D41–D60 | 109 (26.2) | |
| D61–D80 | 5 (1.2) | |
| >D80 | 20 (4.8) | |
| Number of days smoked during the past 30 days | 1–2 days | 147 (35.2) |
| 3–5 days | 93 (22.3) | |
| 6–9 days | 53 (12.7) | |
| 10–19 days | 52 (12.4) | |
| 20–29 days | 17 (4.0) | |
| All 30 days | 55 (13.1) | |
| Number of cigarettes smoked during the past 30 days | <1 cigarette/day | 58 (13.9) |
| 1 cigarette day | 138 (33.1) | |
| 2–5 cigarettes/day | 132 (31.7) | |
| 6–10 cigarettes/day | 45 (10.8) | |
| 11–20 cigarettes/day | 21 (5.0) | |
| >20 cigarettes/day | 22 (5.2) | |
| Type of tobacco used† | Cigarettes | 412 (90.5) |
| Hand-rolled cigarettes | 212 (46.5) | |
| Pipes | 158 (34.7) | |
| Cigars | 175 (38.4) | |
| Smokeless tobacco | 113 (24.8) | |
| Where participant mostly smokes | At school | 27 (6.5) |
| At home | 82 (19.8) | |
| At a friend’s house | 149 (36.0) | |
| At a street corner | 64 (15.5) | |
| Others | 91 (22.0) | |
| Who the participant smokes with most of the time | Alone | 67 (16.5) |
| With friends | 249 (61.3) | |
| With brothers/sisters | 19 (4.6) | |
| Others | 71 (17.4) | |
| Want to stop smoking | Yes | 228 (55.6) |
| No | 71 (17.3) | |
| I do not know | 111 (27.0) | |
| Received NRT | Yes | 94 (22.9) |
| No | 316 (77.0) |
*Some missing values.
†In addition to cigarette could respond to any.
NRT, nicotine replacement therapy.