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

Table 2 The perception and knowledge of tobacco use and sales to minor and tobacco control law by smoking status

Perception and Knowledge on Tobacco Use and Sales	Smoking Status						Total		P
Perception and Knowledge on Tobacco Use and Sales	Never		Smoked and quit		Current smoker		N	%	P
The smoking ratio in high school	n	%	n	%	n	%
One adolescent out of 10	88	7.1	44	7.8	80	7.0	212	7.2	0.001
2–3 adolescents out of 10	240	19.3	90	15.9	161	14.0	491	16.6
4–5 adolescents out of 10	456	36.7	196	34.7	385	33.5	1037	35.0
6–7 adolescents out of 10	460	37.0	235	41.6	523	45.5	1218	41.2
Total	1244		565		1149		2958	100.0
Sales of tobacco to minors
Prohibited	888	72.5	408	72.3	837	71.8	2133	72.2	0.700
Allowed with their parents	120	9.8	61	10.8	107	9.2	288	9.8
Not prohibited	216	17.6	95	16.8	221	19.0	532	18.0
Total	1224		564		1165		2953	100.0
Penalty for sales of tobacco to minors
Fine	565	58.7	240	53.9	508	55.3	1313	56.4	0.003
Cancellation of sales certification	256	26.6	140	31.5	310	33.8	706	30.4
Imprisonment	142	14.7	65	14.6	100	10.9	307	13.2
Total	963		445		918		2326	100.0
Major point were cigarettes are provided to minors
Grocery/Market	554	44.7	265	47.4	456	40.0	1275	43.4	<0.001
Friends	524	42.3	217	38.8	454	39.8	1195	40.7
Vendor	108	8.7	52	9.3	169	14.8	329	11.2
Family	52	4.2	25	4.5	62	5.4	139	4.7
Total	1238		559		1141		2938	100.0
Minors access to cigarettes
Very easy	749	59.3	350	60.3	795	66.9	1894	62.5	0.001
Not very difficult	477	37.8	209	36.0	354	29.8	1040	34.3
Very difficult	37	2.9	21	3.6	40	3.4	98	3.2
Total	1263		580		1189		3032	100.0

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