Table 2

Mean scale values by smoking status and political party†

VotersTobacco industryOther interest groups
†Testing using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
‡Includes Bloc Québécois, Parti Québécois, Yukon Party, and Independents
NS, not significant at p=0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
Smoking status*******
    Smoker (n=100)−0.32−0.23−0.18
    Non-smoker (n=450)0.070.060.04
Political partyNS******
    Reform (n=40)−0.03−0.28−0.37
    Progressive Conservative (n=99)−0.14−0.24−0.34
    Liberal (n=275)0.00−0.010.03
    New Democrat (n=96)0.150.330.41
    Other (n=43)‡0.000.180.03