Table 1.
Smoker group | Gender | |||||
Occasional (n = 52) | Daily (n = 55) | p value | Male | Female | p value | |
Female | 55% | 31% | .01 | – | – | |
Occasional smoker | – | – | 38% | 62% | .01 | |
Age (SD) | 18.8 (0.8) | 19.1 (1.0) | .08 | 19.1 (0.9) | 18.7 (0.9) | .02 |
Race | .02 | .2 | ||||
White | 93% | 72% | 78% | 87% | ||
Black | 6% | 19% | 22% | 13% | ||
Addicted to smoking (self report) | 6% | 77% | <.001 | 54% | 28% | .007 |
Concerned about health effects of smoking | 62% | 61% | .93 | 65% | 57% | .4 |
Smoke a particular brand | 57% | 93% | <.001 | 80% | 70% | .2 |
Number of days smoked in past 30 days | 14.1 (6.0) | 28.5 (4.9) | <.001 | 22.3 (9.1) | 19.7 (8.7) | .06 |
Mean cigarettes/day—weekday | 1.7 (1.3) | 12.4 (6.9) | <.001 | 7.9 (7.1) | 6.3 (7.7) | .3 |
Mean cigarettes/day—weekend | 3.9 (2.6) | 15.1 (7.6) | <.001 | 10.3 (8.0) | 8.7 (8.0) | .3 |
Carbon monoxide, ppm | 3.5 (6.2) | 11.7 (4.9) | <.001 | 9.4 (7.5) | 5.4 (5.5) | .004 |
Age started smoking | 15.9 (1.7) | 15.0 (2.2) | .01 | 15.5 (2.2) | 15.4 (1.6) | .8 |
Number of serious quit attempts | 0.7 (1.6) | 1.4 (1.9) | .04 | 1.3 (2.1) | 0.8 (1.4) | .2 |
FTND | .25 (0.9) | 3.2 (1.9) | <.001 | 2.0 (2.0) | 1.6 (2.3) | .3 |
AUTOS | 9.6 (7.4) | 20.7 (8.1) | <.001 | 15.9 (9.4) | 14.7 (9.7) | .5 |
Drinking days per month | .005 | .5 | ||||
<10 | 51% | 77% | 67% | 61% | ||
≥10 | 49% | 23% | 33% | 39% | ||
How often get drunk per week | .07 | .14 | ||||
None | 26% | 46% | 36% | 37% | ||
Once per week | 34% | 32% | 27% | 41% | ||
Twice or more per week | 40% | 23% | 38% | 22% |
Note. AUTOS = Autonomy over Smoking Scale; FTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence.