Table 3

Participants who said they would not trial the standard and dissuasive cigarette, and differences by demography and smoking status

VariableStandard cigarette‘Smoking kills’ cigaretteGreen cigarette‘Toxic’ cigarette
%nχ2 P value%nχ2 P value%nχ2 P value%nχ2 P value
Overall84478895029050891512
Age22.12<0.00116.93<0.00124.47<0.00121.09<0.001
 12–13 years94180961829818698186
 14–15 years78159841708417086174
 16–17 years80139861508715287152
Gender1.66n.s.0.03n.s.0.75n.s.0.08n.s.
 Female82251882689127591275
 Male86226892338923290236
SES0.43n.s.0.38n.s.0.03n.s.0.26n.s.
 Low and medium82116871238912689126
 High85352893699037291376
Ethnicity0.50n.s.0.97n.s.1.10n.s.1.81n.s.
 Other/prefer not to say8280868487858785
 White British85393894139041891422
Smoking status155.04<0.001126.31<0.00169.95<0.001120.44<0.001
 Never-smoker92443944559445296461
 Ever-smoker3425493662455540
Susceptibility*36.21<0.00122.52<0.00120.80<0.00114.28<0.001
 Non-susceptible97327983299732798330
 Susceptible80114871248612390129
  • Trial intentions: Binary from original scale variable, No trial intentions (score 4/5) or neutral/positive trial intentions (score 1–3).

  • *Never-smokers only.

  • χ2, Pearson χ2; SES, socioeconomic status.