Proportion (95% confidence interval) of smoker characteristics by type of comic magazines
| Total no. of depictions | Age | Sex (female) | Role (main characters) | Negative depictions | Type of tobacco (cigarette) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10s | 20s–30s | 40s–50s | ||||||
| Values are %. | ||||||||
| *One missing in smokers’ age. | ||||||||
| †One missing in smokers’ age and sex. | ||||||||
| Girls’ | 41* | 0.0 (0.0 to 7.2) | 47.5 (31.5 to 63.9) | 2.5 (0.1 to 13.2) | 9.8 (2.7 to 23.1) | 0.0 (0.0 to 7.0) | 7.3 (1.5 to 19.9) | 53.7 (37.4 to 69.3) |
| Women’s | 88 | 0.0 (0.0 to 3.3) | 77.3 (67.1 to 85.5) | 22.7 (14.5 to 32.9) | 30.7 (21.3 to 41.4) | 11.4 (5.6 to 19.9) | 0.0 (0.0 to 3.3) | 95.5 (88.8 to 98.7) |
| Boys’ | 103† | 17.6 (10.8 to 26.4) | 24.5 (16.5 to 34.0) | 47.1 (37.1 to 57.2) | 1.0 (0.02 to 5.3) | 8.7 (4.1 to 15.9) | 1.0 (0.02 to 5.3) | 87.4 (79.4 to 93.1) |
| Youths’ | 164 | 6.1 (3.0 to 10.9) | 62.8 (54.9 to 70.2) | 27.4 (20.8 to 34.9) | 7.9 (4.3 to 13.2) | 43.3 (35.6 to 51.2) | 3.7 (1.4 to 7.8) | 87.2 (81.1 to 91.9) |
| Total | 396 | 7.1 (4.8 to 10.1) | 54.6 (49.5 to 59.6) | 28.9 (24.5 to 33.7) | 11.4 (8.4 to 14.9) | 22.7 (18.7 to 27.2) | 2.5 (1.2 to 4.6) | 85.6 (81.8 to 88.9) |