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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2014 Sep 6;40:57–65. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.09.001

Table 6.

Prospective smoking status 12, 24, and 36 months later by baseline cluster.

Baseline cluster (n) Classified as aPC
Classified as
aC or aPR
Started
smoking
n % n % n %
12 month assessment
Most Protected (2474) 2401 97.0% 35 1.4% 38 1.5%
Ambivalent (439) 404 92.0% 18 4.1% 17 3.9%
Risk Denial (434) 417 96.1% 6 1.4% 11 2.5%
High Risk (36) 31 86.1% 4 11.1% 1 2.8%
24 month assessment
Most Protected (2273) 2141 94.2% 39 1.7% 93 4.1%
Ambivalent (405) 360 88.9% 16 4.0% 29 7.2%
Risk Denial (411) 384 93.4% 7 1.7% 20 4.9%
High Risk (35) 32 91.4% 2 5.7% 1 2.9%
36 month assessment
Most Protected (2118) 1934 91.3% 63 3.0% 121 5.7%
Ambivalent (372) 319 85.8% 11 3.0% 42 11.3%
Risk Denial (386) 345 89.4% 13 3.4% 28 7.3%
High Risk (29) 29 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%

aPC = Acquisition Precontemplation; aC = Acquisition Contemplation; and aPR = Acquisition Preparation.