Table 3.

Significant predictors of smoking behavior at 1-week follow-up

	Smoking status (n=550)	Quit attempts (n=497)
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Requesting NRT @	0.32 (0.13 to 0.80)*	2.99 (1.84 to 4.85)***
Discharge
Ethnicity
African-American	Ref	Ref
Non-Hispanic Caucasian	NS	0.50 (0.30 to 0.83)**
Other ethnicity	NS	0.38 (0.22 to 0.67)**
Stage of change
Contemplation	Ref	Ref
Precontemplation	2.18 (0.79 to 6.06)	0.73 (0.44 to 1.20)
Preparation	0.39 (0.21 to 0.72)**	2.94 (1.78 to 4.86)***
Expected success with quitting	0.88 (0.78 to 0.99)*	1.09 (1.01 to 1.17)*

^*=p<0.05,

^**=p<0.01,

^***=p<0.001.

NRT, nicotine replacement therapy.