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Table 1 Demographics and smoking status at T1 and T2

From: A cross sectional evaluation of a total smoking ban at a large Australian university

 

T1

T2

Significance (p) T1/T2

Gender

 Male

362 (37.4)

237 (35.4)

0.412

 Female

607 (62.6)

433 (64.6)

0.412

 Total

969

670

 

Primary role

 Undergraduate student

599 (61.8)

364 (54.3)

0.002**

 Postgraduate student

141 (14.6)

108 (16.1)

0.384

 General/Professional staff member

132 (13.6)

118 (17.6)

0.027*

 Academic staff member

97 (10)

80 (11.9)

0.215

 Total

969

670

 

Use of tobacco

 Never smoked cigarettes at all, or never smoked them regularly (non-smoker)

771 (79.6)

508 (76.2)

0.101

 Do not smoke now but used to smoke them regularly (once or more per day) (ex-smoker)

107 (11)

98 (14.7)

0.029*

 Occasionally smoke (on average, less than one per day) (smoker)

39 (4)

34 (5.1)

0.303

Currently smoke cigarettes (more than one per day) (smoker)

51 (5.3)

22 (3.3)

0.059

 Prefer not to answer

1 (0.1)

5 (0.7)

0.033*

 Total

969

667

 

Are you planning on quitting smoking?

 Yes

59 (65.5)

38 (62.3)

0.682

 No

31 (34.5)

23 (37.7)

0.001*

Total

90

61

 
  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01