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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Nov 11;36(4):428–434. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.09.001

Table 4.

Smoking pattern since quit and current smoking, by medication use

Medication use group
Stopped Side Effects (SS) Stopped Other Reasons (SO) Never Took (NT) Continued to Take (CT)
Smoking pattern since target quit day Overall (n=1018) (n=89) (n=79) (n=32) (n=817)
Not smoked, % 42 30 27 6 46
Slipped/not smoking, % 34 17 19 16 38
Relapsed/smoking, % 9 28 23 16 5
Did not quit, % 15 25 32 62 11
Not currently taking varenicline (Combined SS, SO and NT) Currently taking (CT)
Current smoking (n=200) (n=817)
Currently not smoking, %* 76 43 84
Currently smoking, %** 24 57 16
*

Currently not smoking = participants who reported not smoking in the past 7 days (point prevalence abstinence)

**

Currently smoking = participants who smoked in the past seven days