Keeping weight down associated with smoking status

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Test the whether the attitude toward keeping weight down associated with smoking status.

The data were obtained from 12-18 years old living in households across the country. The teenagers responding to the survey were classified as Never Smoked (NS), Experimenter with smoking (EX), Former Smoker (FS) and current smoker (CS). The question they were asked was: Do your peers care about keeping their weight down? The table below summarizes the data:

 

NS

EX

FS

CS

A lot

6297

3613

187

2114

Somewhat

2882

1677

90

793

A little

1441

625

16

354

Not at all

1709

822

33

377

Is the attitude toward keeping weight down associated with smoking status of the teenager? Explain you answer using CI's.

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