Table 2.

Smoking behaviours among smokers by type of smoking policy in their workplace imposed for 3 or 10 years

	Policy in place for 3 years		Policy in place for 10 years
	Restricted (N=33)%	Smoke free (N=126)%	Restricted (N=355)%	Smoke free (N=106)%
Cigarettes smoked daily
Light	6.1	31.7*	21.1	30.2
Moderate	60.6	55.6	44.8	48.1
Heavy	33.3	12.7*	27.3	20.8
Very heavy	–	–	6.8	0.9*
Time to first cigarette after waking (min)
<5	6.1	4.8	17.2	9.4*
6–30	57.6	33.3*	36.6	32.1
31–60	30.3	23.0	16.1	20.8
>60	6.0	38.9*	30.1	37.7
Quitting intention
No intention in next 6 months	33.3	51.6	55.8	58.5
Intend quitting within 6 months	57.6	39.7	36.0	36.8
Intend quitting within 1 month	9.1	8.7	8.2	4.7
No. of quitting attempts in past 12 months
0	33.3	14.3*	48.5	46.2
1	24.2	14.3	20.0	14.2
2	24.2	32.5	9.0	10.4
>2	18.2	38.9*	22.5	29.2
Self-confidence about quitting
Will not succeed	6.1	9.5	10.1	10.4
May not succeed	18.2	12.7	16.3	11.3
Uncertain	45.5	20.6*	25.4	30.2
May succeed	24.2	39.7	28.7	36.8
Will succeed	6.0	17.5*	19.5	11.3
Willing to attend company cessation programme
Yes	55.6	75.8	71.7	70.0
No	44.4	24.2*	28.3	30.0

^*p<0.05.