Table 2.
Smoking characteristics
| Total (N = 754) | |
|---|---|
| Smoking status (%)a, b, c, d, e | |
| Daily | 93.0 |
| Weekly | 3.6 |
| Irregular | 3.4 |
| Cigarettes Per Day (%)a, b, c, e | |
| 1–10 | 26.1 |
| 11–20 | 36.2 |
| 21–30 | 23.2 |
| > 30 | 14.5 |
| Level of nicotine dependence (%)a,c, e | |
| Low-moderate | 48.8 |
| High | 51.2 |
| Age initiated smoking (%)d, e | |
| < 12 | 21.8 |
| 12 - < 14 | 21.0 |
| 14 - < 16 | 25.2 |
| 16 - < 18 | 16.2 |
| ≥ 18 | 15.9 |
| Number of years smoked (%)a, b, c, d, e | |
| ≤ 10 | 18.3 |
| 11–20 | 26.9 |
| > 20 | 54.8 |
Entered into regression analyses: aQuit attempt in the past 6 months; bNumber of quit attempts in the past 6 months; cLength of longest quit attempt in past 6 months; dReadiness to quit; eEase of seeing oneself as a non-smoker