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. 2011 Jan 20;8(1):222–233. doi: 10.3390/ijerph8010222

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

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