Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants assigned to usual care and intervention groups

Characteristic	Usual care group (n = 108)	Intervention group (n = 55)
Age	38.3 (12.0)	41.9 (11.9)*
Female	54/108 (50%)	35/55 (64%)
Location
Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service	67/108 (62%)	35/55 (64%)
Derby Aboriginal Health Service	41/108 (38%)	20/55 (36%)
Socioeconomic
Current employment	51/102 (50%)	30/53 (57%)
Formal education (year 10 or higher)	76/102 (74%)	35/51 (68%)
Long-term health conditions†	66/104 (63%)	35/52 (67%)
Self-reported health as fair/poor	30/106 (28%)	13/54 (24%)
Self-reported major event(s) that affected their smoking in the past 12 months‡	47/100 (47%)	20/51 (39%)

Data are number (%) or mean (standard deviation).

* P <0.05.

^†Includes: high blood pressure; diabetes; kidney disease; eye problems not fixed by glasses; heart disease; chest/lung problems, including asthma, emphysema; ear or hearing problems; mental health problems; cancer.

^‡Includes: death of family member or close friend, splitting up with partner, being in prison or a family member in prison.