Table 3.

Time to first NRT compared to mean current NRT use and recalled smoking

Time to first NRT	% of respondents (N)	Mean NRT pieces/day (SD)	Mean recalled cig/day (SD)
0-5 min	33.3 (25)	19.1 (11.6)	22.2 (10.8)
6-30 min	32.0 (24)	16.1 (9.0)	20.4 (5.2)
31-60 min	20.0 (15)	11.2 (3.2)	17.4 (5.4)
Later	16.0 (11)	8.8 (5.5)	13.1 (5.1)

Includes respondents using only acute-acting single-dose NRT (n = 75). Respondents using patch, e-cigarette and inhaler were omitted. For every category of delayed NRT use after waking, the average number of NRT pieces/day was reduced to 3.6 (95% CI −5.53 to −1.70) showing a highly significant association between TTFN and NRT use.