Table 2.
Characteristics of stop smoking medication users among quitters from the 2008 ITC 4 Country survey.
Users of Any Stop Smoking Medication | Users of Nicotine Replacement Therapy | Users of Varenicline | |||||||||||||
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N | % Used Any SSM | OR | Lower CI | Upper CI | N | % Used NRT | OR | Lower CI | Upper CI | N | % Used Varenicline | OR | Lower CI | Upper CI | |
Country | |||||||||||||||
Canada | 676 | 45.7 | 1.00 | ref. | 676 | 24.6 | 1.00 | ref. | 676 | 14.8 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
United States | 658 | 48.8 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.44 | 658 | 22.2 | 0.84 | 0.61 | 1.15 | 658 | 21.7 | 1.53 | 1.06 | 2.20 |
United Kingdom | 704 | 36.6 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 0.80 | 704 | 29.1 | 1.18 | 0.84 | 1.58 | 704 | 4.4 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.30 |
Australia | 697 | 45.6 | 0.94 | 0.72 | 1.23 | 697 | 24.5 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 1.32 | 697 | 14.5 | 0.79 | 0.53 | 1.17 |
Sex | |||||||||||||||
Female | 1529 | 46.6 | 1.00 | ref. | 1529 | 27.1 | 1.00 | ref. | 1529 | 14.7 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
Male | 1206 | 40.9 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.89 | 1206 | 22.6 | 0.80 | 0.65 | 0.99 | 1206 | 12.4 | 0.66 | 0.49 | 0.90 |
Age | |||||||||||||||
18–24 | 140 | 31.4 | 1.00 | ref. | 140 | 22.1 | 1.00 | ref. | 140 | 4.3 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
25–39 | 606 | 44.4 | 1.52 | 0.91 | 2.52 | 606 | 28.2 | 1.56 | 0.88 | 2.76 | 606 | 10.9 | 1.21 | 0.45 | 3.27 |
40–54 | 1101 | 45.1 | 1.32 | 0.80 | 2.15 | 1101 | 24.5 | 1.16 | 0.66 | 2.03 | 1101 | 15.5 | 1.67 | 0.64 | 4.35 |
55 + | 888 | 44.6 | 1.39 | 0.84 | 2.30 | 888 | 24.3 | 1.14 | 0.64 | 2.01 | 888 | 14.9 | 1.80 | 0.68 | 4.76 |
Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||
White, English Speaking | 2469 | 45.1 | 1.00 | ref. | 2469 | 25.6 | 1.00 | ref. | 2469 | 14.3 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
Non-White, Non-English Speaking | 248 | 33.5 | 0.55 | 0.38 | 0.81 | 248 | 20.2 | 0.79 | 0.52 | 1.21 | 248 | 8.1 | 0.47 | 0.24 | 0.92 |
Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) | |||||||||||||||
0 | 256 | 35.9 | 1.00 | ref. | 256 | 22.3 | 1.00 | ref. | 256 | 10.9 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
1 | 268 | 38.4 | 1.19 | 0.80 | 1.77 | 268 | 23.5 | 1.14 | 0.73 | 1.80 | 268 | 10.1 | 0.95 | 0.50 | 1.80 |
2 | 414 | 46.4 | 1.92 | 1.34 | 2.77 | 414 | 30.4 | 1.78 | 1.18 | 2.69 | 414 | 12.6 | 1.35 | 0.76 | 2.40 |
3 | 616 | 43.3 | 1.64 | 1.17 | 2.31 | 616 | 23.9 | 1.36 | 0.92 | 2.01 | 616 | 13.3 | 1.33 | 0.78 | 2.29 |
4 | 375 | 44.3 | 1.56 | 1.08 | 2.26 | 375 | 24.3 | 1.27 | 0.83 | 1.95 | 375 | 13.1 | 1.36 | 0.76 | 2.44 |
5 | 150 | 48.0 | 1.84 | 1.16 | 2.92 | 150 | 29.3 | 1.69 | 1.01 | 2.82 | 150 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 0.62 | 2.55 |
6 | 56 | 42.9 | 1.51 | 0.79 | 2.89 | 56 | 28.6 | 1.59 | 0.78 | 3.25 | 56 | 7.1 | 0.55 | 1.15 | 1.98 |
Income | |||||||||||||||
Low | 718 | 46.2 | 1.00 | ref. | 718 | 27.3 | 1.00 | ref. | 718 | 12.1 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
Moderate | 839 | 42.9 | 0.83 | 0.66 | 1.06 | 839 | 24.0 | 0.82 | 0.63 | 1.07 | 839 | 13.9 | 1.18 | 0.81 | 1.72 |
High | 812 | 44.5 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 1.23 | 812 | 25.0 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 1.03 | 812 | 14.2 | 1.46 | 0.98 | 2.17 |
Education | |||||||||||||||
Low | 1340 | 41.9 | 1.00 | ref. | 1340 | 24.3 | 1.00 | ref. | 1340 | 11.6 | 1.00 | ref. | |||
Moderate | 891 | 46.4 | 1.31 | 1.06 | 1.63 | 891 | 25.0 | 1.10 | 0.86 | 1.40 | 891 | 15.6 | 1.56 | 1.11 | 2.18 |
High | 500 | 45.6 | 1.32 | 1.01 | 1.73 | 500 | 27.4 | 1.26 | 0.93 | 1.70 | 500 | 16.0 | 1.60 | 1.07 | 2.40 |
Note: Bold values indicate statistically significant odds ratios