Table 2.
Smoking characteristics among smokers by quit attempt status
| Non-quit attempters (N=264) |
Quit attempters (N=221) |
Overall (N=485) |
P-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age started smoking, mean (SD) | 15.6 (5.08) | 16.1 (5.39) | 15.8 (5.22) | 0.366 |
| Smoking days/week, mean (SD) | 6.8 (0.69) | 6.6 (1.16) | 6.7 (0.94) | 0.010 |
| Cigarettes/smoking day, mean (SD) | 14.5 (9.60) | 12.9 (9.19) | 13.8 (9.44) | 0.074 |
| 1st cigarette after waking, No. (%) | 0.187 | |||
| Within 5 minutes | 103 (39.9%) | 77 (35.2%) | 180 (37.7%) | |
| 6-30 minutes | 100 (38.8%) | 85 (38.8%) | 185 (38.8%) | |
| 31-60 minutes | 21 (8.1%) | 31 (14.2%) | 52 (10.9%) | |
| After 60 minutes | 34 (13.2%) | 26 (11.9%) | 60 (12.6%) | |
| Cigarette hates giving up, No. (%) | 0.621 | |||
| 1st one in the morning | 161 (63.4%) | 141 (65.6%) | 302 (64.4%) | |
| All others | 93 (36.6%) | 74 (34.3%) | 167 (35.6%) | |
| Smoking more in 1st hour, No. (%) | 112 (43.2%) | 108 (49.3%) | 220 (46.0%) | 0.185 |
| Stage of change, No. (%) | <.001 | |||
| Preparation | 68 (26.3%) | 92 (42.4%) | 160 (33.6%) | |
| Contemplation | 58 (22.4%) | 79 (36.4%) | 137 (28.8%) | |
| Pre-contemplation | 133 (51.4%) | 46 (21.2%) | 179 (37.6%) | |
| Partner smoking, No. (%) | 58 (22.2%) | 47 (21.5%) | 105 (21.9%) | 0.917 |
|
Smoking, Knowledge, Attitudes and
Services, mean (SD) |
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| Knowledge scale | 3.6 (0.71) | 3.7 (0.77) | 3.7 (0.74) | 0.310 |
| Attitudes scale | 2.9 (0.86) | 3.4 (0.74) | 3.1 (0.84) | <.001 |
| Clinician services scale | 2.2 (1.08) | 2.6 (1.16) | 2.4 (1.13) | 0.001 |
| Program services scale | 3.2 (1.27) | 3.3 (1.27) | 3.2 (1.27) | 0.141 |
1
p values from t-test for continuous variables and chi square test for categorical variables.