Smoking behaviors before and after implementation of a smoke-free legislation in Guangzhou, China

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Table 3 Smoking prevalence (%) among adults according to survey waves (baseline vs evaluation survey), in Guangzhou, China

Age and gender	Daily smoker		Occasional smoker		Former smoker		Ever smoker		Quit ratio
Age and gender	Baseline	Evaluation	Baseline	Evaluation	Baseline	Evaluation	Baseline	Evaluation	Baseline	Evaluation
Total	20.8	18.2	1.2	1.1	3.7	4.2	25.6	23.5	14.5	17.9
15–24 years	15.2	10.7	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.9	17.5	12.6	2.3	7.1
25–34 years	19.3	16.4	1.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	22.1	20.0	6.3	12.5
35–44 years	21.0	20.8	0.5	1.5	1.8	2.5	23.3	24.9	7.7	10.0
45–54 years	28.4	29.6	1.0	1.0	7.1	4.9	36.4	35.5	19.5	13.8
55–64 years	27.4	26.2	0.5	0.8	8.6	9.7	36.4	36.7	23.6	26.4
65+ years	17.2	12.2	1.2	0.7	16.3	18.6	34.8	31.4	46.8	59.2
Males	37.4	34.3	2.0	1.9	6.6	7.5	45.7	43.6	14.4	17.2
15–24 years	27.1	20.4	3.5	1.9	0.6	1.7	31.2	24.0	1.9	7.1
25–34 years	35.5	29.8	2.6	1.7	2.7	4.4	40.8	35.9	6.6	12.3
35–44 years	37.9	41.4	0.9	2.7	3.3	4.9	42.1	48.9	7.8	10.0
45–54 years	48.6	52.9	1.7	1.8	12.4	8.0	62.7	62.7	19.8	12.8
55–64 years	47.5	49.3	0.8	1.3	14.1	17.0	62.4	67.5	22.6	25.2
65+ years	28.6	23.1	1.5	0.9	29.0	34.2	59.0	58.2	49.2	58.8
Females	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.1	1.5	14.3	46.7
15–24 years	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
25–34 years	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	23.1
35–44 years	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.8	7.7	12.5
45–54 years	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.9	2.2	1.8	9.1	50.0
55–64 years	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.5	2.3	52.0	69.6
65+ years	4.2	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.9	4.4	7.1	7.2	26.8	61.1

All estimates are weighted
Quit ratio, the ratio of former smokers to ever smokers
Significant difference between baseline and evaluation sample is highlighted by boldfacing and underlining them (p < 0.05 level)

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