Table 3

Association of star tobacco use and other variables

Variable		Favourite star tobacco use score (% in each category)		p Value
Variable		0	1	p Value		2	⩾ 3
Total sample	52.7	23.4	20.9	3.0

Respondent characteristics
Grade in school
6	76.7	20.0	3.3	0.0	0.08
7	58.3	31.9	8.3	1.4
8	55.7	18.6	21.4	4.3
9	51.6	26.2	18.9	3.3
10	50.8	21.9	24.2	3.1
11	50.9	22.6	22.6	3.8
12	45.2	21.2	30.8	2.9
Sex
Female	44.4	19.9	33.0	10.0	< 0.0001
Male	64.1	28.3	4.2	2.7

Family and friend smoking
None	49.4	32.5	15.6	2.6	0.4
Family only	62.5	17.5	15.0	5.0
Friends only	52.4	22.7	20.5	4.3
Both	52.4	22.4	22.4	2.1

Receptivity to tobacco promotions
No	51.1	25.0	20.2	3.6	0.2
Yes	56.2	19.8	22.4	1.6

Smoking status^3-150
Non-susceptible/never smoker	57.2	28.4	12.7	1.7	0.004
Susceptible/never smoker	42.6	27.7	23.4	6.4
Non-current/experimenter	51.5	21.8	24.2	2.4
Current/experimenter	54.6	16.4	21.8	7.3
Smoker	48.8	17.8	30.2	3.1

↵3-150 A respondent is susceptible to smoking if unable to answer “definitely not” to the following questions: “Do you think you will try a cigarette in the next 6 months?” and “Would you smoke a cigarette if your friend offered you one?” Experimental smokers have smoked 1–99 cigarettes in their lifetime, and smokers have smoked ⩾ 100 cigarettes in their lifetime. Current smoking is smoking within the past 30 days.