Table 2 Between-group comparison of the smoking status before the intervention
Group | Intervention | Control | Group | Intervention | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Number (percentage) | Number (percentage) | P-value* | Variable | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | P-value** | |
Have smokers in the family | Have | 3(6.4%) | 12(25.5%) | 0.11 | Number of cigarettes smoked daily | 18.64 ± 10.63 | 17.64 ± 9.89 | 0.638 |
Do not have | 44(93.6%) | 35(74.5%) | ||||||
Quitting cigarette contest | Have | 43(91.5%) | 46(97.9%) | 0.361 | The age of starting smoking cigarettes | 19.96 ± 4.4 | 19.87 ± 3.8 | 0.92 |
Do not have | 4 (8.5%) | 1(2.1%) | ||||||
Number of smoking days in a week | 2–4 days | 5(10.6%) | 4(8.7%) | 0.99 | Number of quitting attempts | 1.94 ± .99 | 1.81 ± .71 | 0.474 |
Everyday | 42(89.4%) | 42(91.3%) | ||||||
Continuing to smoke cigarettes | Always | 40(85.1%) | 41(87.2%) | 0.99 | The most number of cigarettes smoked in a year | 22.87 ± 22.61 | 22.34 ± 22.34 | 0.818 |
Sometimes | 7(14.9%) | 6(12.8%) | ||||||