Smoking behaviour, attitudes, knowledge, health risk knowledge (%) among RFS and UFS, China, 2008
| Total | RFS | UFS | p Values* | |
| Sample size | N=11095 | N=4920 | N=6175 | |
| Smoking behaviour (%) | ||||
| Ever-smoker | 20.1% | 19.0% | 22.0% | <0.01 |
| Mean age first puff | 12.7±4.3 years | 12.3±4.3 years | 13.0±4.3 years | |
| Established smoking | 1.7% | 0.9% | 2.4% | <0.01 |
| Current smoking | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.2% | <0.01 |
| Intention to smoke | 2.7% | 1.7% | 3.5% | <0.01 |
| Never-smoker | 79.3% | 81.0% | 78.0% | <0.01 |
| Smoking environment (%) | ||||
| Father smokes | 72.0% | 75.7% | 69.1% | <0.01 |
| Mother smokes | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% | =0.96 |
| Teacher smokes | 37.3% | 41.8% | 33.7% | <0.01 |
| Attitude towards female smokers (%) | ||||
| Appears cool | 8.4% | 7.5% | 9.1% | <0.01 |
| Appears independent | 19.3% | 17.9% | 20.3% | <0.01 |
| Appears charismatic | 7.5% | 5.8% | 8.9% | <0.01 |
| Knowledge regarding CMFW (%) | ||||
| Heard of CMFW | 68.6% | 61.3% | 74.5% | <0.01 |
| Seen CMFW | 45.2% | 34.2% | 54.0% | <0.01 |
| Tried CMFW | 7.2% | 4.1% | 9.6% | <0.01 |
| Health risk knowledge (%) | ||||
| Believe smoking is very harmful | 86.8% | 87.8% | 86.0% | =0.09 |
| Believe smoking increases risk of CV disease | 65.1% | 62.2% | 67.5% | <0.01 |
| Believe smoking increases risk of lung cancer | 95.7% | 94.5% | 96.6% | <0.01 |
| Believe smoking increases risk of hepatitis | 69.3% | 71.2% | 67.7% | <0.01 |
| Obtain smoke health risk information via (%) | ||||
| Parents | 53.0% | 51.5% | 54.2% | <0.01 |
| Doctor | 49.7% | 49.7% | 49.7% | =0.97 |
| Television | 76.7% | 74.2% | 78.7% | <0.01 |
| Internet | 55.0% | 49.6% | 59.4% | <0.01 |
| Knowledge and attitudes towards China anti-tobacco policies (%) | ||||
| Knowledge of anti-minor tobacco sale law | 70.9% | 69.6% | 72.0% | <0.01 |
| Support of anti-minor tobacco sale law | 72.6% | 74.1% | 71.5% | <0.01 |
| Support of anti-tobacco advertisement law | 58.2% | 61.6% | 55.5% | <0.01 |
↵* by χ2 test.
CMFW, cigarettes made for women; CV, cardiovascular; RFS, rural female students; UFS, urban female students.