Table 1.

Zero-order correlations between perceiving benefits of smoking and actual tobacco-related outcomes.

Dependent variable	Pearson’s r	P
Number of cigarettes smoked per week	0.20	<0.001
Amount smoked when sick enough to be in bed all day	0.21	<0.001
Frequency of needing a cigarette to function normally	0.43	<0.001
Frequency of making special trips to purchase cigarettes	0.25	<0.001
Frequency of chain smoking	0.23	<0.001
Frequency of smoking more cigarettes than intended	0.15	<0.001
Doing things to get the most out of smoking	0.17	<0.001
Viewing one’s smoking and/or oneself negatively	–0.31	<0.001
Number of reasons for wanting to quit smoking	0.02	0.589
Number of reasons for wanting to reduce tobacco use	0.05	0.302
Overall attitudes toward quitting smoking	–0.43	<0.001