Table 2.

The desire to stop smoking and the intention to quit smoking in 5 different European countries for n = 1750 smokers

Variable			Germany	Greece	Poland	Sweden	UK	Total
			%	%	%	%	%	%
Level of tobacco control activity			low	low	medium	high	high
Stage of change
When do you intend to quit
	Preparation	during the next 4 weeks	8.9	14.1	18.9	9.4	14.8	13.2
	Contemplation	during the next 6 months	13.3	9.3	18.5	24.8	18.2	16.6
	Precontemplation		77.7	76.7	62.6	65.8	67.0	70.2
		during the next 12 months	15.6	7.8	19.3	10.3	20.8	14.6
		during the next 5 years	14.5	8.2	6.6	10.3	8.9	9.7
		sometime in the future	26.6	46.7	26.8	31.2	25.4	31.6
		never	21.1	14.1	9.9	14.1	11.9	14.3
Do you want to stop smoking?
	yes, definitely		29.8	23.5	33.2	46.9	44.3	35.0
	yes, probably		34.5	42.5	44.5	35.8	34.4	38.5
	no, rather not		23.3	17.2	13.6	6.2	13.9	15.0
	no definitely not		11.1	16.1	6.4	10.7	6.1	10.2