The opinions of adults about the ban on cigarette sales to minors

Table 1 Some sociodemographic characteristics of participants

Socio-demographic characteristics	Smoking Status						Total		P
Socio-demographic characteristics	Never		Smoked and quit		Current smoker		N	%	P
Age	n	%	n	%	n	%
18–24	275	22.3	49	8.7	187	16.0	511	17.2	<0.001
25–34	483	39.2	171	30.3	462	39.5	1116	37.6
35–44	267	21.7	113	20.0	299	25.5	679	22.9
45–54	138	11.2	123	21.8	145	12.4	406	13.7
55 and over	68	5.5	109	19.3	78	6.7	255	8.6
Total	1231		565		1171		2967	100.0
Educational Status
Literate	123	9.6	45	7.8	71	5.9	239	7.8	<0.001
Primary (5 years)	122	9.6	97	16.7	164	13.7	383	12.5
Secondary (8 years)	214	16.8	112	19.3	234	19.5	560	18.3
High school (11 years)	345	27.0	160	27.6	389	32.5	894	29.3
University	453	35.5	165	28.4	326	27.2	944	30.9
Others (vocational school, etc.)	19	1.5	1	0.2	13	1.1	33	1.1
Total	1276		580		1197		3053	100.0
Working Status
Working	768	61.0	375	65.4	847	71.7	1990	66.0	<0.001
Not working	492	39.0	198	34.6	335	28.3	1025	34.0
Total	1260		573		1182		3015	100.0
Income Level
Lowest	72	5.7	36	6.1	60	5.0	168	5.5	<0.001
Lower middle	486	38.4	199	34.0	400	33.5	1085	35.6
Middle	553	43.7	287	49.0	522	43.7	1362	44.7
Higher middle	129	10.2	52	8.9	169	14.2	350	11.5
Highest	25	2.0	12	2.0	43	3.6	80	2.6
Total	1265		586		1194		3045	100.0

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