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. 2011 Aug 22;13(12):1193–1201. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr167

Table 2.

Estimated Probit Regression Models of Successful Quitting

Variable Category All smokers cohort
ADM disorder smokers cohort
Non-ADM disorder smokers cohort
Analysis without instrumental variable Exercise counseling as an instrumental variable Analysis without instrumental variable Exercise counseling as an instrumental variable Analysis without instrumental variable Exercise counseling as an instrumental variable
Smoking cessation counseling Yes −1.036*** 0.879** −0.925*** 1.063** −1.160*** 0.863**
Gender Female 0.191* 0.052 0.050 0.178 0.378** 0.254*
Age 25–34 0.184 0.185 0.102 0.257 0.271 0.107
35–44 −0.480* −0.595*** 0.418 −0.633** −0.618* −0.575*
45–54 0.382 −0.526** 0.485 −0.648** 0.373 0.470
55–64 0.189 −0.387* 0.306 −0.628* 0.246 0.325
65+ 0.095 0.070 0.033 0.306 0.151 0.074
Race/ethnicity Black 0.372** 0.461*** 0.258 0.451* 0.483* 0.478**
Other 0.183 0.270 0.239 0.346 0.195 0.207
Hispanic 0.243 0.504** 0.096 0.214 0.546 0.704**
Region of residence Midwest −0.294* 0.168 0.359 0.244 0.291 0.158
South −0.337** 0.109 −0.524** −0.346* 0.243 0.048
West 0.066 0.167 0.012 0.026 0.076 0.272
Education High school 0.081 0.072 0.026 0.078 0.236 0.059
College or higher 0.384* 0.291* 0.624* 0.574* 0.393 0.154
US born Yes 0.201 0.107 0.284 0.273 0.277 0.061
Household income $25,000–$49,999 0.036 0.035 0.110 0.181 0.158 0.086
$50,000–$75,000 0.130 0.080 0.403 0.377 0.035 0.090
>$75,000 0.014 0.066 0.419 0.355 0.296 0.307
Marital status Single −0.205* 0.126 −0.335* 0.157 0.086 0.093
Partner 0.153 0.001 0.435 0.297 0.219 0.345
Unemployed Yes 0.248 0.256 0.228 0.243 0.340 0.320
Body mass index 25.0–30.0 0.109 0.067 0.128 0.043 0.294* 0.174
>30.0 0.177 0.092 0.016 0.050 0.329* 0.252
Health insurance Not insured 0.209 0.034 0.401 0.052 0.034 0.020
Medicare 0.198 0.247 0.049 0.070 0.370 0.389
Medicaid 0.405 0.324 0.313 0.244 0.697 0.530
Other 0.400 0.380 0.677 0.611 0.222 0.180
Physical activity A little/fairly −0.458* −0.357* 0.100 0.201 −1.089** −0.596*
Quite −0.574** −0.431* 0.237 0.234 −1.194*** −0.727*
Very/extremely −0.520* 0.329 0.388 0.148 −1.037** −0.612*

Note. ADM disorder = alcohol, drug, or mental disorder. Reference categories are no counseling, male, age 18–24 years, non-Hispanic White, Northeast region, less than a high school degree, not born in the United States, annual household income less than $25,000, married, not unemployed, body mass index < 25, private health insurance coverage, and no physical activity. The coefficients and p-values in bold are for statistical significance.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.