Table 3.

Intended Methods for Next Quit Attempt (Weighted %) Among NRT Never-Users, by Demographic, Smoking, and Quitting Characteristics, Colorado 2008 (n = 807)

	Cold turkey (%)	Nicotine substitute (%)	Quitline (%)	Gradually reduce (%)	Chantix (%)	Other (%)	Don’t know (%)
All	65.2	15.0	1.5	7.9	3.5	5.4	1.6
Sex
Male	70.6	12.1	0.8	8.4	2.7	4.1	1.2
Female	56.6	19.5	2.6	7.1	4.8	7.3	2.1
Age group, years*
18–44	66.6	15.5	1.9	9.3	1.2	4.3	1.3
45+	61.1	13.5	0.4	4.0	10.0	8.5	2.5
Ethnicity*
White	60.2	15.7	1.8	9.2	4.9	6.7	1.7
Latino	76.1	13.5	0.6	6.2	0	2.0	1.6
AA/Black	63.9	14.5	3.7	0	8.1	9.5	0.3
Education*
≤GED	60.6	20.4	0.6	10.9	1.5	4.6	1.5
HSG to <CG	62.4	17.1	1.8	8.7	3.4	5.0	1.6
≥CG	76.7	4.6	1.4	2.8	5.8	7.2	1.6
Poverty*
<100% FPL	37.1	34.3	2.6	18.2	0.4	6.8	0.7
100%–199% FPL	72.5	11.5	0.4	8.4	1.0	4.0	2.2
≥200 FPL	69.0	13.2	2.1	2.4	5.7	5.9	1.7
Smoking frequency*
Nondaily	73.2	10.9	2.2	8.9	1.8	2.0	1.0
Daily	58.9	18.2	1.0	7.1	4.9	8.0	2.1
Average cigarettes per day*
≤15	66.4	13.8	1.7	9.2	2.5	4.9	1.6
>15	58.9	21.3	0.6	1.1	8.7	7.9	1.5
Confidence in ability to quit*
Very sure	76.5	9.5	1.0	5.5	2.3	4.7	0.5
All others	48.9	22.9	2.2	11.4	5.2	6.3	3.2
Ever called a quitline*
No	67.0	13.7	1.3	8.1	2.9	5.4	1.7
Yes	40.0	32.7	3.9	5.5	12.3	5.2	0.5
Time to first morning cigarette*
>30 min	68.6	13.2	1.2	7.6	1.2	6.4	1.9
≤30 min	46.1	25.1	0.8	6.5	9.7	10.1	1.7

Note. CG = college graduation; FPL = federal poverty level; GED = general equivalency diploma; HSG = high school graduation; NRT = nicotine replacement therapy.

^aSex, sexual orientation, mental health limitation/diagnosis, presence of smoking home rule against smoking, insurance status, rurality, or number of quit attempts not statistically significant.

*p < .05.