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Table 1 Susceptibility to tobacco use among never smoking youth from five central and eastern European countries

From: Susceptibility to tobacco use and associated factors among youth in five central and eastern European countries

Characteristics*

Czech Republic N = 1997 n (%)

Slovakia N = 1998 n (%)

Slovenia N = 1765 n (%)

Lithuania N = 1305 n (%)

Romania N = 3718 n (%)

If one of your best friends offered you a cigarette or another tobacco product, would you use it?

 Definitely not

1639 (82.2)

1630 (81.7)

1529 (86.8)

1091 (84.2)

3309 (89.1)

 Probably not

296 (14.8)

283 (14.2)

136 (7.7)

135 (10.4)

284 (7.6)

 Probably yes

50 (2.5)

68 (3.4)

80 (4.5)

63 (4.9)

90 (2.4)

 Definitely yes

9 (0.5)

13 (0.7)

16 (0.9)

7 (0.5)

31 (0.8)

 Missing n (%)**

3 (0.2)

4 (0.2)

4 (0.2)

9 (0.7)

4 (0.1)

At any time during the next 12 months do you think you will use any form of tobacco?a

 Definitely not

1667 (83.5)

1713 (85.8)

1467 (83.2)

1101 (84.4)

3302 (88.9)

 Probably not

274 (13.7)

228 (11.4)

261 (14.8)

159 (12.2)

291 (7.8)

 Probably yes

44 (2.2)

39 (1.9)

29 (1.6)

38 (2.9)

81 (2.2)

 Definitely yes

12 (0.6)

17 (0.9)

7 (0.4)

7 (0.5)

40 (1.1)

 Missing n (%)**

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.1)

Susceptible to tobacco useb

 No

1507 (75.5)

1548 (77.5)

1371 (77.7)

1008 (77.2)

3131 (84.2)

 Yes

490 (24.5)

450 (22.5)

394 (22.3)

297 (22.8)

587 (15.8)

  1. ain Slovenia the following question was asked: “At any time during the next 12 months do you think you will smoke tobacco?“
  2. bchi2 test for heterogeneity across countries: p < 0.001; country by country comparison: Czech Republic vs Slovakia (p = 0.14), Czech Republic vs Slovenia (p = 0.11), Czech Republic vs Lithuania (p = 0.26), Czech Republic vs Romania (p < 0.001), Slovakia vs Slovenia (p = 0.88), Slovakia vs Lithuania (p = 0.84), Slovakia vs Romania (p < 0.001), Slovenia vs Lithuania (p = 0.74), Slovenia vs Romania (p < 0.001), Lithuania vs Romania (p < 0.001)
  3. *percentages calculated for observed values
  4. **percentages of total number of subjects