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

Table 4

Differences of intention to quit smoking between males and females (n=364).

Intention to quit smoking	Male (n=321)	Female (n=43)	p-value
Intention to quit in the next 30 days
Yes	109 (34.0)	22 (51.2)	0.041
No	212 (66.0)	21 (48.8)
Attempt in quitting smoking
Yes, >1 time	113 (35.2)	15 (34.9)	0.691
Yes, 1 time	46 (14.3)	4 (9.3)
No	162 (50.5)	24 (55.8)
Reasons for intention to quit
Family members and friends	64 (19.9)	9 (20.9)	0.841
Social unacceptability	29 (9.0)	4 (9.3)	1.000
Inconvenience to smoke	17 (5.3)	4 (9.3)	0.292
Awareness of dangers of smoking	76 (23.7)	9 (20.9)	0.848
Health of smokers	65 (20.3)	15 (34.9)	0.048
Where to ask for help to quit
Community pharmacy	23 (7.2)	5 (11.6)	0.354
Hospital	28 (8.7)	6 (13.9)	0.266
Quitline 1600	31 (9.7)	3 (7.0)	0.782
Others	72 (22.4)	10 (23.3)	0.848