A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students

Table 2

Differences of smoking behaviors between males and females (n=364).

Smoking behaviors	Male (n=321)	Female (n=43)	p-value
Frequency of smoking
Everyday	215 (67.0)	18 (41.9)	0.002
Not everyday	106 (33.0)	25 (58.1)
Daily cigarette consumption
1-5 cigarettes	149 (46.4)	26 (60.5)	0.065
6-10 cigarettes	96 (29.9)	13 (30.2)
≥11 cigarettes	76 (23.7)	4 (9.3)
Mean daily cigarette consumption	8.4±6.7	5.5 ±4.2	0.006
Sources of cigarettes
Department store	25 (7.8)	3 (7.0)	1.000
Grocery store	145 (45.2)	11 (25.6)	0.021
Convenience store	216 (67.3)	23 (53.5)	0.087
Ask cigarettes from friends	95 (29.6)	22 (51.2)	0.008
Others provide cigarettes	50 (15.6)	12 (27.9)	0.052

Note: numbers are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD).