. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 23.

Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2005;24(2):61–75. doi: 10.1300/J069v24n02_06

Table 1.

Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Variable		Chronic Smokers (N = 1,147) (88%)	Quitters (N = 160) (12%)	Total (N = 1,307) (100%)
Gender
	Male	873 (76)	120 (24)	993 (76%)
	Female	274 (75)	40 (25)	314 (24%)
Race
	White	932 (87%)	140 (13%)	1,072 (89%)
	African-American	119 (91%)	12 (9%)	131 (10%)
	Other	96 (92%)	8 (8%)	104 (8%)
Age (M, SD)^*		39.4 (10.4)	37.6 (9.5)	39.2 (10.3)
Years of education (M, SD)^*		13.0 (2.0)	13.4 (2.0)	13.1 (2.0)
Lifetime weeks of use (M, SD)^**		1,118.3 (585.4)	648.3 (600.9)	1,060.8 (606.9)
Baseline % days abstinent (M, SD)^*		0.31 (0.30)	0.37 (0.31)	0.32 (0.30)
Baseline drinks per drinking day (M, SD)		17.6 (11.1)	16.2 (10.9)	17.5 (11.1)

Significant difference between chronic smokers and quitters; p < .05

^**

Significant difference between chronic smokers and quitters; p < .0001