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Table 2 Attitudes of tobacco control among workers and volunteers of WATT (n = 623)

From: Development of a community-based network to promote smoking cessation among female smokers in Hong Kong

 

Mean

SD

Reliabilities

Attitude to tobacco control

0.85a

 Tobacco advertising should be completely banned

3.30

0.64

 

 All forms of tobacco promotion (both direct and indirect) should be banned

3.25

0.67

 

 The law against smoking in public indoor areas (including restaurants, bars, karaoke) should be passed as soon as possible

3.46

0.68

 

 The use of ‘light’ and ‘mild’ in tobacco should be banned.

3.22

0.68

 

 Average score

3.31

0.55

 

Attitude to own role in tobacco control

0.55b

 I would initiate advising my friends to quit smoking

3.24

0.64

 

 It is my responsibility to remind people not to smoke in non-smoking areas

3.14

0.62

 

Average score

3.19

0.56

 

Attitude to professionals’ role in tobacco control

−0.05b

 Staff of woman organizations should use every opportunity to help female clients stop smoking

3.20

0.61

 

 Advice from social workers or volunteers to help clients stop smoking is completely ineffective c

2.77

0.68

 

Negative attitude to female smokers

0.61b

 Female smokers are more rough

2.70

0.77

 

 Female smokers are more bad tempered

2.72

0.73

 

 Average score

2.71

0.67

 

Positive attitude to female smokers

0.72a

 Female smokers are more mature

2.00

0.68

 

 Female smokers are more optimistic

1.89

0.61

 

 It is acceptable for women to smoke

1.97

0.77

 

 Average score

1.95

0.55

 
  1. aCronbach alpha value
  2. bCorrelation coefficient
  3. cThe response to the item was re-coded so that the higher the score, the more positive of the attitude to the role of social workers or volunteers in tobacco control
  4. The mean scores range from 1 ‘strongly disagree’ to 4 ‘strongly agree’