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. 2008 Dec 17;10(5):e54. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1016

Table 3.

Cessation activity between visits

Status at visit First to second Second to third Third to fourth Fourth to fifth
Status at V1 Status at V2 Status at V2 Status at V3 Status at V3 Status at V4 Status at V4 Status at V5
N 6461 6461 2714 2714 1062 1062 583 583
% of previous wave 27.0 42.0 39.1 54.9
% of total sample 27.0 11.5 4.5 2.5
Average interval (days) 19.3 22.8 28.6 36.2
To prevent relapse
Quit since last visit N/A 53.4 64.2 11.8 13.5 5.6 6.2 3.9
Quit before last visit
< 1 month 4.8a 3.5 5.0 52.1 57.8 38.7 44.6 27.6
≧ 1 month 1.3a 2.0 2.1 13.1 12.0 38.3 37.2 54.4
Total Quit 6.1 58.9 71.3 77.0 83.3 82.6 88.0 85.9
To recover from relapse
Relapse < 1 week ago 9.5 14.2 7.9 9.3 5.7 6.2 5.3 4.3
To make a quit attempt
Relapse ≧ 1 week ago 15.9 4.8 2.9 4.3 2.8 5.6 3.1 6.3
Failed quit before last visit N/A N/A N/A 2.4 1.7 3.2 1.4 2.6
New quit attempt 15.9 4.8 2.9 6.7 4.5 9.0 4.5 8.9
No previous quit attempts 68.4 22.0 17.8 7.0 6.5 2.4 2.2 0.9
Total use to make a new attempt on that wave 84.3 26.8 20.7 13.7 11.0 11.2 6.7 9.8

aFirst visit refers to time quit, as there is no previous visit.