A qualitative exploration of young adult smokers’ responses to novel tobacco warnings

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

	Name (pseudonym)	Gender	Age	Education	Smoking status (self-assessed)	Average cigarettes/day¹
1	Alex	Male	20	No formal qualification	Daily	10-15
2	Belinda	Female	18	School qualification	Daily	5+
3	Cam	Male	28	Bachelor’s degree	Social	1-3
4	Debby	Female	24	School qualification	Daily	10+
5	Eddy	Male	20	School qualification	Social	1-2
6	Felix	Male	21	Bachelor’s degree	Daily	5
7	Gary	Male	23	No formal qualification	Daily	~10
8	Hannah	Female	20	School qualification	Social	<1
9	Izzy	Female	21	Certificate or diploma	Social	2-5
10	Jan	Female	24	Certificate or diploma	Daily	~10
11	Katie	Female	28	School qualification	Social	1-2
12	Lloyd	Male	23	School qualification	Daily	~10
13	Mike	Male	21	Certificate or diploma	Social	1-2
14	Nick	Male	21	School qualification	Daily	5
15	Owen	Male	21	School qualification	Social	2-3
16	Penny	Female	28	School qualification	Daily	8-10
17	Queena	Female	21	School qualification	Social	2-3

¹Several participants gave ranges for the number of cigarettes they smoke each day and noted they smoked more when with friends, particularly when drinking. Social smokers averaged their daily consumption.

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