Table 15: Age at onset of smoking by gender
Age at start of smoking
Males 
Females 
Total
%
%
%
Under 14
39.9
40.8
40.5
15 16 years
32.3
36.5
34.9
17 or older
27.7
22.7
24.6
There was a significant difference across year in college for the onset of
smoking. A higher proportion of first and second year students started
smoking before they were 14 years old in comparison to third year students
(46%, 44%, 33%).  This was particularly the case for female students where
over half of first year female students had begun smoking before they were
14 years old (Figure 12).  Of particular interest is that one quarter of all
students who had smoked in the past were no longer smokers.
Figure 12: Age at onset of smoking for females across year in college
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Under 14 yrs
45
51
38
15 16 yrs
39
31
29
17 + yrs
17
18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 (%)
1st yr 
2nd yr 
3rd yr plus 
Three quarters of all current smokers had tried to stop smoking and nearly
all wanted to quit with more females (97%) than males (90%).  When asked
to identify what would help them quit smoking, personal, social and
environmental factors were mentioned. Having more will power was
mentioned by two thirds of students as a key to quitting smoking, where
more females than males reported it (Table 16). Other personal issues
mentioned were less stress (41%) and more self confidence (21%). Of the
environmental factors, pricing was considered the most important with 25%
of students saying an increase in the price of cigarettes would act as an aid
to stop smoking.  Support from family and friends were identified by 15% as
an aid to stop smoking and a similar number said nicotine replacement
therapy would help them.  Of less importance to students was medical
advice and stop smoking groups.
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