Table 1.
Characteristics of Mexican smokers at different levels of cigarette consumption
| Level of Consumption | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics* | Non-Daily (n=398) | ≤ 5 CPD (n=368) | >5 CPD (n=434) | p-Value |
| Sex | 0.3946 | |||
| Male | 62.0% | 59.0% | 63.0% | |
| Female | 38.0% | 41.0% | 37.0% | |
| Age | <0.0001 | |||
| 18 – 24 | 26.8% | 21.8% | 15.2% | |
| 25 – 39 | 39.6% | 33.4% | 31.5% | |
| 40 – 54 | 20.0% | 26.1% | 32.6% | |
| ≥55 | 13.6% | 18.7% | 20.7% | |
| Education | 0.0005 | |||
| < Middle School | 25.3% | 28.3% | 34.8% | |
| Middle School | 35.4% | 28% | 26.0% | |
| Technical / Vocational | 6.8% | 9.2% | 10.1% | |
| High School Complete | 22.2% | 21.0% | 17.5% | |
| University or PG | 10.3% | 13.6% | 11.6% | |
| Marital Status | <0.0001 | |||
| Married | 66.8% | 57.6% | 63.8% | |
| Single | 26.6% | 27.8% | 23.3% | |
| Other | 6.6% | 14.6% | 13.9% | |
| Income | <0.0001 | |||
| 0 – 3,000 | 23.7% | 26.6% | 24.5% | |
| 3,000 – 5,000 | 32.4% | 18.9% | 23.5% | |
| 5,001 – 8,000 | 19.1% | 19.5% | 21.8% | |
| 8,001 or more | 15.9% | 16.3% | 20.6% | |
| Missing | 8.9% | 18.8% | 9.6% | |
| Mean Cigarettes per day (CPD) | 1.4 | 3.4 | 12.7 | |
| Perceived Addiction | <0.0001 | |||
| Not Addicted | 46.4% | 27.3% | 6.5% | |
| Yes, not much | 41.1% | 46.2% | 31% | |
| Yes, very much | 12.5% | 25.9% | 62.5% | |
| Has smoking damaged your health? | 0.001 | |||
| Not at all | 34.6% | 37.3% | 31.4% | |
| Somewhat | 44.6% | 36.3% | 38.0% | |
| Very much | 20.8% | 26.4% | 30.6% | |
| Worried that smoking will damage your health? | 0.4239 | |||
| Not at all | 7.2% | 10.0% | 8.4% | |
| Somewhat | 33.3% | 32.6% | 30.4% | |
| Very much | 59.5% | 57.4% | 61.2% | |
| Important people think you should not smoke | 75.9% | 77.4% | 79.1% | 0.4141 |
| Received some help / advice to quit smoking at doctor's office in past year? | 0.0176 | |||
| Yes | 10.2% | 15.4% | 17.0% | |
| No | 14.2% | 12.7% | 12.6% | |
| Did not go to the Doctor in the past year | 75.6% | 71.8% | 70.5% | |
| Made a quit attempt in the past year (Baseline) | 43.0% | 38.7% | 29.4% | <0.0001 |
| Intended to quit in the next 6 months (Baseline) | 24.5% | 19.3% | 18.4% | 0.0244 |
| Made a quit attempt during 14 months of followup* | 57.0% | 42.0% | 34.1% | <0.0001 |
| Quit for 30 days or more at followup* | 26.0% | 18.2% | 9.2% | <0.0001 |
*
all variables shown assessed at baseline (i.e., wave 3), except for followup quit behavior, which was assessed 14 months after the initial assessment.