Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Sample
From: College campus smoking policies and programs and students' smoking behaviors
College-level policies and programs | % (n = 12) |
Restrict tobacco distribution | 58.3 |
Prohibit tobacco sales on campus | 16.7 |
Restrict smoking to 20 ft. from entrances | 16.7 |
Prohibit smoking in residence halls | 58.3 |
Clearly identify non-smoking areas | 41.7 |
Provide prevention and education | 41.7 |
Provide smoking cessation classes | 33.3 |
Student-level control variables | % (n = 13,041) |
Age group (referent = 18–19) |  |
   20–21 | 38.5 |
   ≥22 | 38.3 |
Race/Ethnicity (referent = white) | Â |
   Hispanic | 11.7 |
   Black | 2.6 |
   Others | 11.4 |
Gender (referent = male) | Â |
   Female | 61.3 |
Roommate smokes (referent = no roommate) | Â |
   Yes | 27.8 |
   No | 50.4 |
% of friends who smoke (referent = ≤20%) |  |
   21–50% | 28.0 |
   ≥50% | 15.5 |
College (referent = applied science) | Â |
   Arts | 15.7 |
   Business | 18.2 |
   Engineering | 8.6 |
   Human Sciences | 11.8 |
   Mass Communications | 11.7 |
   Others | 21.7 |
Academic classification (referent = freshman) | Â |
   Sophomore | 14.7 |
   Junior | 20.1 |
   Senior | 28.1 |
   Graduate | 22.2 |
Fraternity/sorority member (referent = no) | Â |
   Yes | 16.2 |
Intercollegiate athlete (referent = no) | Â |
   Yes | 4.6 |