Table 2.
Quitting and brand variant type during prior follow-up interview, 2006–2008, Ontario, Canada.
| Quita | Baseline (Jan–June 2006)b | Follow-up 1 (July–Dec 2006)
|
Follow-up 2 (Jan–June 2007)
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Follow-up 3 (July–Dec 2007)
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Follow-up 4 (Jan–June 2008)
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Follow-up 5 (July–Dec 2008)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 580
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n = 487
|
n = 427
|
n = 390
|
n = 326
|
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| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |||
| Regular | Yes | – | 2.7 (5) | 7.4 (12) | 1.2 (2) | 8.4 (13) | 3.4 (4) |
| No | – | 97.3 (183) | 92.6 (149) | 98.8 (169) | 91.6 (141) | 96.6 (113) | |
| Light | Yes | – | 6.6 (26) | 6.7 (21) | 4.8 (10) | 9.5 (14) | 4.7 (5) |
| No | – | 93.4 (366) | 93.3 (293) | 95.2 (198) | 90.5 (133) | 95.3 (102) | |
| Light replacement | Yes | – | – | – | – | 4.5 (4) | 4.9 (5) |
| No | – | – | 100 (12) | 100 (48) | 95.5 (85) | 95.1 (97) | |
| P-value | 0.024 | 0.049 | 0.936 | 0.068 | 0.374 |
Baseline interviews were conducted between January and June 2006. Follow-up 1 interviews were conducted between July and December 2006, follow-up 2 between January and June 2007, follow-up 3 between July and December 2007, follow-up 4 between January and June 2008, and follow-up 5 interviews were conducted between July and December 2008.
Quit is a binary variable comparing respondents who were classified as a former smoker to respondents who were current smokers. Participants who reported having quit smoking at one of the follow-ups were not excluded from further follow-ups. Former smokers were defined as those who smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime but did not smoke a cigarette in the past 6 months (i.e. since the prior follow-up interview).
Previous brand type information was not collected because this was the baseline interview.