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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 May;46(5):487–495. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.01.011

Table 2.

Campaign exposure and cessation outcomes

Cross-sectional Recontact (n=808)
Baseline (n=473) M (SD) Campaign (n=2567) M (SD) Campaign Time 1 M (SD) Campaign Time 2 M (SD)
Campaign activity (median weekly TRPsa) 0 TRPs 125 TRPs 215 TRPs
Aided campaign recall (exposures per week) 0.56 (1.44) 4.00 (4.27) 3.82 (4.18)

Intentions (1–4-point scale)
intend to use help 2.99 (1.01) 3.04 (1.01) 2.96 (1.04) 2.95 (1.03)
 intend to seek advice from MDb 2.63 (1.06) 2.60 (1.08) 2.54 (1.09) 2.50 (1.14)
 intend to seek advice from non-MDc 2.57 (0.99) 2.65 (1.02) 2.55 (1.03) 2.56 (1.03)
  intend to call the quitline 2.23 (0.96) 2.28 (1.02) 2.18 (1.01) 2.20 (1.00)
  intend to go to the website 2.30 (1.01) 2.30 (1.04) 2.18 (1.02) 2.19 (1.05)
  intend to go to a quit program 1.97 (0.87) 1.98 (0.94) 1.91 (0.94) 1.89 (0.90)
 intend to use medications 2.34 (1.04) 2.44 (1.08) 2.38 (1.09) 2.37 (1.10)
  intend to use NRTsd 2.13 (1.00) 2.22 (1.06) 2.17 (1.07) 2.12 (1.10)
  intend to use pills 1.85 (0.99) 1.90 (1.02) 1.87 (1.01) 1.84 (1.00)
intend to quit 2.66 (0.94) 2.63 (0.98) 2.58 (0.98) 2.69 (0.99)
intend to reduce cigarettes 3.15 (0.89) 3.14 (0.90) 3.18 (0.91) 3.15 (0.90)

Behaviors (0/1) Last 1 month (%) Last 3 months (%)
used help 11.5 13.0 33.6 30.5
 sought advice from MDb 7.8 9.9 25.9 23.0
 sought advice from non-MDc 2.4 1.4 4.9 6.9
  called the quitline 1.8 0.9 2.5 3.3
  went to the website 0.4 0.2 1.3 2.6
  went to a quit program 0.6 0.6 1.8 1.9
 used medications 4.2 4.4 11.0 11.1
  used NRTsd 2.5 3.1 8.3 8.2
  used pills 2.0 1.5 3.8 3.2
quit attempt 19.0 19.5 36.6 37.7
reduced cigarettes 34.4 36.1 54.2 60.7

All data are weighted and limited to the analysis sample, which does not include 30-day quitters at Time 1 or those missing on confounders.

Intentions were not asked of 30-day quitters at Time 2, so the recontact sample size for intentions is 734.

a

TRPs are a standard estimate of how many people were potentially in the target audience (for this campaign, adults aged 25–54 years) for purchased advertising.

b

MD refers to the participant’s doctor or another health care provider.

c

Non-MD refers to the quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW, the website: SmokeFreePhilly.org, or a quit smoking program.

d

NRTs such as the patch.

NRTs, nicotine-replacement therapies; TRPs, targeted rating points