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Table 3 Attitudes towards Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation among the Participants (N = 856)

From: A descriptive study of a Smoke-free Teens Programme to promote smoke-free culture in schools and the community in Hong Kong

 

Baseline

Immediately after the camp

3-month after the camp

6-month after the camp

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p

Mean (SD)

p

Mean (SD)

p

I will proactively advise my friends to quit smoking

4.43 (0.68)

4.48 (0.64)

.030*

4.51 (0.60)

<.001**

4.49 (0.61)

.012*

I will ask people not to smoke around me

4.39 (0.75)

4.45 (0.70)

.017*

4.47 (0.67)

.017*

4.50 (0.66)

<.001**

I will remind others that they are not allowed to smoke in non-smoking areas

4.12 (0.85)

4.34 (0.73)

<.001**

4.27 (0.80)

<.001**

4.29 (0.77)

<.001**

I support expanding non-smoking areas

4.31 (1.05)

4.48 (0.79)

<.001**

4.52 (0.78)

<.001**

4.50 (0.78)

<.001**

I support increasing tobacco tax

4.14 (0.94)

4.35 (0.85)

<.001**

4.42 (0.76)

<.001**

4.39 (0.82)

<.001**

I support banning the sale of tobacco products comprehensively

4.08 (0.99)

4.33 (0.89)

<.001**

4.40 (0.83)

<.001**

4.43 (0.82)

<.001**

  1. * = statistically significant at p < 0.05; ** = statistically significant at p < 0.001
  2. Missing data was excluded
  3. 1: Strongly disagree; 5: Strongly agree; p-values indicate the use of paired samples t-tests to compare with baseline