Long-term effectiveness of adolescent brief tobacco intervention: a follow-up study

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Table 3 Distribution of never-smokers, ex-smokers and smokers in the intervention group and control group by gender, marital status, education and self-perceived health

		Never-smokers	Ex-smokers	Smokers	All		p-value
		%	%	%	n	%
Gender
Female							0.48
	Intervention group	55.4	31.7	12.9	303	100
	Control group	55.1	28.8	16.1	292	100
Male							0.33
	Intervention group	45.5	35.7	18.8	213	100
	Control group	38.3	39.4	22.3	188	100
Marital status
Single							0.72
	Intervention group	54.4	21.6	24.0	125	100
	Control group	55.7	24.3	20.0	115	100
Non-single							0.10
	Intervention group	50.4	37.1	12.5	391	100
	Control group	46.3	35.6	18.1	365	100
Education
Lower							0.04
	Intervention group	39.7	38.5	21.8	174	100
	Control group	32.9	32.9	34.1	164	100
Higher							0.59
	Intervention group	57.1	30.8	12.1	338	100
	Control group	56.7	33.3	9.9	312	100
Self-perceived health
Very good							0.60
	Intervention group	63.8	29.7	6.5	138	100
	Control group	58.9	31.9	9.2	141	100
Not very good							0.42
	Intervention group	46.8	34.7	18.5	378	100
	Control group	44.1	33.4	22.5	338	100

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