Table 2

Daily and weekly smoking prevalence (95% confidence intervals) in groups defined by: (1) strength of school smoking policy; (2) enforcement of pupil smoking policy; and (3) enforcement of teacher smoking policy

Daily smoking (%) Weekly smoking (%)
(1) School no smoking policy
 Strong (9 schools, 205 pupils)9.5 (6.1 to 12.9)17.1 (14.1 to 20.0)
 Medium (39 schools, 993 pupils)21.0 (17.8 to 24.2)25.5 (21.7 to 29.2)
 Weak (7 schools, 177 pupils)30.1 (23.6 to 36.6)34.7 (24.7 to 44.7)
(2) Pupil enforcement
 High (29 schools, 730 pupils) 17.7 (13.4 to 22.0)22.7 (18.3 to 27.0)
 Low (26 schools, 645 pupils)23.7 (20.2 to 27.2)28.6 (24.0 to 33.2)
(3) Teacher enforcement
 High (39 schools, 997 pupils)20.5 (14.9 to 28.2)24.0 (16.5 to 31.5)
 Low (15 schools, 371 pupils)21.5 (14.9 to 28.2)26.2 (22.6 to 29.8)