Table 1.
Percentage of Former and Current Daily Smokers Who Used Different Methods to Quit Smoking at Last Quit Attempt, and Willingness Among Current Smokers to Retry the Same Method in a Future Attempt (Multiple Choice of Methods Possible)
| I. Former daily smokers (N = 1,155) | II. Current daily smokers (N = 1,132) | % of II who will retry same method | |||
| n/N a | 95% CI | ||||
| Nicotine chewing gum | 13.9 (n = 160) | 31.3 (n = 354) | 57.4 | 187/326 | 52.0–62.8 |
| Nicotine patch | 7.0 (n = 81) | 18.9 (n = 214) | 51.3 | 100/195 | 44.3–58.3 |
| Snus | 31.6 (n = 365) | 30.4 (n = 344) | 70.0 | 217/310 | 64.9–75.1 |
| Inhaler | 1.4 (n = 16) | 3.5 (n = 40) | – | – | |
| Zyban | 4.1 (n = 47) | 9.5 (n = 107) | 32.0 | 31/97 | 22.7–41.3 |
| Champix | 1.0 (n = 12) | 1.8 (n = 20) | – | – | |
| Telephone helpline | 0.8 (n = 9) | 2.4 (n = 27) | – | – | |
| Consult health care personnel | 3.1 (n = 36) | 6.6 (n = 75) | 38.9 | 28/72 | 27.6–50.2 |
| Self-help material | 10.4 (n = 120) | 20.4 (n = 231) | 63.7 | 137/215 | 57.3–70.1 |
Note. aThe difference in n in column II is in the number of individuals who do not intend to make another quit attempt and missing values.