Table 5

Correlates of beliefs that menthol cigarettes are less harmful

Correlates	Believing menthols are less harmful
	Malaysia			Thailand
	N=1317			N=1260
	Beta	t	p Value	Beta	t	p Value
Age (years)	−0.00	−1.23	0.237	0.00	3.24	0.003
Sex (female vs male)	0.09	2.28	0.037	−0.03	−0.39	0.702
Selangor/Bangkok (vs other)	−0.02	−0.51	0.614	−0.13	−3.10	0.004
Education	−0.03	−1.01	0.327	−0.08	−4.56	<0.001
Menthol cig use
Current vs never	0.28	5.47	<0.001	−0.01	−0.18	0.862
Past vs never	0.01	0.23	0.819	−0.01	−0.18	0.856
Believing menthol is smoother	0.11	3.73	0.002	0.19	11.18	<0.001
R²	0.21			0.26