Table 1. Sample characteristics.
| Demographic and smoking characteristics | Overall N = 21, | Group 1 n = 3 |
Group 2 n = 10 |
Group 3 n = 6 | Group 4 n = 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender n (%) | |||||
| Men | 10 (47.6) | 3 (100.0) | 5 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Women | 9 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (100.0) |
| In another way/ prefer not to say | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Age (years) n (%) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 33.6 (15.9) | 43.7 (2.5) | 33.6 (20.8) | 27 (8.5) | 38 (1.4) |
| 18–24 | 9 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 25–34 | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| 35–44 | 7 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (100.0) |
| 45–54 | 2 (9.5) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 55–64 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 64+ | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ethnicity n (%) | |||||
| Any Asian or Asian British background | 6 (28.6) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Any Black, Black British, Caribbean, or African background | 2 (9.5) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
| Any white background | 12 (57.1) | 1 (33.3) | 6 (60.0) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| Other ethnic group (e.g. Arab) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Occupational status n (%) | |||||
| Manual | 7 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (20.0) | 3 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Non-manual | 5 (23.8) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| Student | 6 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other (retired, unemployed etc.) | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| Educational attainment n (%) | |||||
| Post-16 qualifications | 18 (85.7) | 3 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (50.0) |
| No post-16 qualifications | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Daily cigarettes consumption n (%) | |||||
| 10> | 14 (66.7) | 2 (66.7) | 7 (70.0) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| 11–20 | 6 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (50.0) |
| 21< | 1 (4.8) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Motivation to quit smoking (derived from MTSS) n (%) | |||||
| High | 8 (38.1) | 3 (100.0) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (50.0) |
| Low | 13 (61.9) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (80.0) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| Previously used a digital smoking cessation aid n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 9 (42.9) | 2 (66.7) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50.0) |
| No | 12 (57.1) | 1 (33.3) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (50.0) |
| Previously used VR more than once n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 9 (42.9) | 2 (66.7) | 4 (40.0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (50.0) |
| No | 12 (57.1) | 1 (33.3) | 6 (60.0) | 5 (83.3) | 0 (0.0) |