Descriptive statistics for the sample of youths who are current smokers* in grades 5–12 by cigarette brand price, 2006–2007, Canada
| No usual brand (n = 456) | Premium (n = 2,059) | Discount (n = 886) | Native (n = 459) | Other (n = 821) | χ2† | |
| %† (n)‡ | %† (n)‡ | %† (n)‡ | %† (n)‡ | %† (n)‡ | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Boy | 64.9 (239) | 58.9 (1128) | 54.9 (405) | 67.4 (250) | 51.6 (430) | χ2 = 31.43, df = 4, p<0.001 |
| Girl | 35.1 (213) | 41.1 (922) | 45.1 (478) | 32.6 (203) | 48.4 (385) | |
| Grade | ||||||
| (elementary) 5–8 | 18.7 (99) | 8.0 (131) | 11.8 (75) | 11.4 (61) | 7.8 (80) | χ2 = 170.93, df = 16, p<0.001 |
| 9 | 21.6 (79) | 11.0 (250) | 14.9 (113) | 27.8 (93) | 18.4 (122) | |
| 10 | 22.7 (101) | 19.5 (439) | 18.0 (216) | 20.7 (112) | 19.3 (176) | |
| 11 | 25.5 (103) | 28.6 (617) | 24.1 (257) | 19.3 (98) | 28.2 (253) | |
| 12 | 11.5 (74) | 32.9 (622) | 31.2 (225) | 20.8 (95) | 26.3 (190) | |
| Frequency of sharing cigarettes | ||||||
| Never | 3.8 (21) | 5.7 (117) | 5.7 (39) | 9.9 (38) | 5.9 (51) | χ2 = 52.52, df = 12, p<0.001 |
| Sometimes | 31.8 (162) | 46.3 (978) | 47.8 (421) | 43.2 (208) | 42.0 (387) | |
| Usually | 55.2 (208) | 37.0 (705) | 35.1 (319) | 36.4 (152) | 41.3 (294) | |
| Always | 9.2 (57) | 11.0 (237) | 11.4 (97) | 10.5 (53) | 10.8 (81) | |
| Average cigarettes per day | ||||||
| Few puffs to 1 | 24.1 (96) | 9.1 (169) | 3.2 (40) | 5.1 (22) | 11.3 (66) | χ2 = 218.80, df = 12, p<0.001 |
| 2–3 | 30.0 (108) | 25.1 (427) | 17.7 (153) | 12.0 (55) | 27.7 (163) | |
| 4–10 | 24.7 (138) | 43.1 (890) | 55.0 (425) | 46.3 (179) | 45.9 (381) | |
| 11 or more | 21.2 (105) | 22.7 (542) | 24.1 (258) | 36.6 (196) | 15.1 (195) |
*Includes both occasional and daily smokers.
†Based on weighted estimates.
‡Unweighted sample size; numbers may not add to total because of missing values.