Table 1.
Characteristics of the 46 287 included smokers by intervention type
| GSP | Health promotion counselling | Crash courses | Come & Quit | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total* | 40 651 (100) | 140 (100) | 183 (100) | 1592 (100) | 3721 (100) |
| Time for data collection | |||||
| 2001 | 1341 (3.3) | − | 37 (20.2) | − | 172 (4.6) |
| 2002–2003 | 6221 (15.3) | − | 109 (59.6) | − | 814 (21.9) |
| 2004–2005 | 7933 (19.5) | − | 37 (20.2) | − | 529 (14.2) |
| 2006–2007 | 7747 (19.1) | 1 (0.7) | − | − | 415 (11.2) |
| 2008–2009 | 8062 (19.8) | 42 (30.0) | − | − | 618 (16.6) |
| 2010–2011 | 5772 (14.2) | 46 (32.9) | − | 211 (13.3) | 550 (14.8) |
| 2012–2013 | 3575 (8.8) | 51 (36.4) | − | 1381 (86.8) | 623 (16.7) |
| Participants | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 15 655 (38.5) | 71 (50.7) | 75 (41.0) | 638 (40.1) | 1532 (41.2) |
| Women | 24 992 (61.5) | 69 (49.3) | 108 (59.0) | 954 (59.9) | 2186 (58.8) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15–24 years | 1892 (4.7) | 7 (5.0) | 6 (3.3) | 118 (7.4) | 335 (9.0) |
| 25–34 years | 5173 (12.7) | 25 (17.9) | 24 (13.1) | 140 (8.8) | 523 (14.1) |
| 35–44 years | 8471 (20.8) | 28 (20.0) | 34 (18.6) | 225 (14.1) | 772 (20.8) |
| 45–54 years | 10 985 (27.0) | 19 (13.6) | 51 (27.9) | 395 (24.8) | 860 (23.1) |
| 55+ years | 14 031 (34.5) | 61 (43.6) | 68 (37.2) | 714 (44.9) | 1213 (32.6) |
| Education | |||||
| Low level | 20 764 (51.1) | 40 (28.6) | 168 (91.8) | 521 (32.7) | 2084 (56.0) |
| High level | 18 425 (45.3) | 96 (68.6) | 12 (6.6) | 1024 (64.3) | 1429 (38.4) |
| Employment | |||||
| Unemployed | 6885 (16.9) | 32 (22.9) | 31 (16.9) | 522 (32.8) | 830 (22.3) |
| Not unemployed | 32 750 (80.6) | 106 (75.7) | 146 (79.8) | 1035 (65.0) | 2779 (74.7) |
| Disadvantaged smokers (by work situation and education) | |||||
| Yes | 23 654 (58.2) | 55 (39.3) | 172 (94.0) | 825 (51.8) | 2417 (65.0) |
| No | 15 526 (38.2) | 82 (58.6) | 9 (4.9) | 729 (45.8) | 1113 (29.9) |
| Smoking | |||||
| <20 pack-years | 13 615 (33.5) | 48 (34.3) | 56 (30.6) | 507 (31.9) | 1391 (37.4) |
| ≥20 pack-years | 26 368 (64.9) | 91 (65.0) | 119 (65.0) | 1063 (66.8) | 2274 (61.1) |
| Fagerström 1–6 points | 29 264 (72.0) | 102 (72.9) | 124 (67.8) | 1139 (71.6) | 2600 (69.9) |
| Fagerström 7–10 points | 11 142 (27.4) | 38 (27.1) | 56 (30.6) | 445 (28.0) | 1093 (29.4) |
| <20 cigarettes per day | 17 230 (42.4) | 53 (37.9) | 82 (44.8) | 725 (45.5) | 1528 (41.1) |
| ≥20 cigarettes per day | 22 950 (56.5) | 87 (62.1) | 96 (52.5) | 867 (54.5) | 2155 (57.9) |
| Heavy smokers (based on pack-years, Fagerström scores and daily consumption levels) | |||||
| No | 9845 (24.2) | 30 (21.4) | 46 (25.1) | 356 (22.4) | 988 (26.6) |
| Yes | 30 591 (75.3) | 109 (77.9) | 135 (73.8) | 1213 (76.2) | 2711 (72.9) |
| Compliance with programme (based on attendance) | |||||
| Not compliant | 14 479 (35.6) | 44 (31.4) | 1 (0.6) | 691 (43.4) | 1064 (28.6) |
| Compliant | 25 731 (63.3) | 89 (63.6) | 182 (99.4) | 825 (51.8) | 2470 (66.4) |
| Living with a smoker | |||||
| No | 25 802 (63.5) | 101 (72.1) | 120 (65.6) | 1117 (70.2) | 2316 (62.2) |
| Yes | 14 410 (35.5) | 38 (27.1) | 61 (33.3) | 451 (28.3) | 1358 (36.5) |
| Living with others† | |||||
| Living alone | 8754 (21.5) | 52 (37.1) | − | 656 (41.2) | 744 (20.0) |
| Living with children (±adults) | 7717 (19.0) | 38 (27.1) | − | 365 (22.9) | 744 (20.0) |
| Living with adults (no children) | 8436 (20.8) | 49 (35.0) | − | 543 (34.1) | 692 (18.6) |
| Housing situation† | |||||
| Residential property | 11 811 (29.1) | 63 (45.0) | − | 556 (34.9) | 844 (22.7) |
| Cooperative dwelling | 2172 (5.3) | 6 (4.3) | − | 139 (8.7) | 184 (4.9) |
| Rented accommodation | 10 464 (25.7) | 64 (45.7) | − | 828 (52.0) | 1070 (28.8) |
| Other housing | 248 (0.6) | 4 (2.9) | − | 34 (2.1) | 62 (1.7) |
| Referral | |||||
| No | 16 509 (40.6) | 35 (25.0) | 82 (44.8) | 459 (28.8) | 1544 (41.5) |
| Yes, from healthcare personal | 18 927 (46.6) | 100 (71.4) | 53 (29.0) | 1069 (67.2) | 1770 (47.6) |
| Yes, from others | 4047 (10.0) | − | 48 (26.2) | − | 305 (8.2) |
| Attempts to quit | |||||
| No previous attempts | 12 258 (30.2) | 55 (39.3) | 38 (20.8) | 565 (35.5) | 1121 (30.1) |
| 1–3 previous attempts | 20 605 (50.7) | 74 (52.9) | 85 (46.5) | 813 (51.1) | 1835 (49.3) |
| >3 previous attempts | 5526 (13.6) | 11 (7.9) | 38 (20.8) | 178 (11.2) | 543 (14.6) |
| Yes unknown number of attempts | 1397 (3.4) | − | 20 (10.9) | − | 137 (3.7) |
| Smoking cessation clinic | |||||
| Setting | |||||
| Publicly oriented‡ | 31 008 (76.3) | 91 (65.0) | 97 (53.0) | 1592 (100) | 1780 (47.8) |
| Hospital (including midwives) | 8198 (20.2) | 17 (12.1) | 82 (44.8) | 0 | 1415 (38.0) |
| Other | 1445 (3.6) | 32 (22.9) | 4 (2.2) | 0 | 526 (14.1) |
| Geographic area | |||||
| Capital Region of Denmark | 13 353 (32.9) | 23 (16.4) | 69 (37.7) | 368 (23.1) | 1845 (49.6) |
| Region Zealand | 5856 (14.4) | 4 (2.9) | 78 (42.6) | 131 (8.2) | 248 (6.7) |
| Region of Southern Denmark | 10 378 (25.5) | 27 (19.3) | 17 (9.3) | 318 (20.0) | 601 (16.2) |
| Central Denmark Region | 9237 (22.7) | 80 (57.1) | 16 (8.7) | 569 (35.7) | 868 (23.3) |
| North Denmark Region | 1827 (4.5) | 6 (4.3) | 3 (1.6) | 206 (12.9) | 159 (4.3) |
| Smoking cessation intervention | |||||
| Programme format | |||||
| Individual | 5878 (14.5) | 127 (90.7) | 28 (15.3) | 166 (10.4) | 1707 (45.9) |
| Group | 34 773 (85.5) | 13 (9.3) | 155 (84.7) | 1426 (89.6) | 2014 (54.1) |
| Target audience | |||||
| Patients and relations | 3647 (9.0) | 31 (22.1) | 20 (10.9) | 44 (2.8) | 978 (26.3) |
| Employees (workplace course) | 10 060 (24.8) | 4 (2.9) | 44 (24.0) | 76 (4.8) | 649 (17.4) |
| Ordinary citizens | 22 132 (54.4) | 71 (50.7) | 107 (58.5) | 1259 (79.1) | 1386 (37.3) |
| Mixed | 2516 (6.2) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (3.3) | 76 (4.8) | 84 (2.3) |
| Pregnant women (and partners) | 1156 (2.8) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.2) | 4 (0.3) | 80 (2.2) |
| Other | 1125 (2.8) | 31 (22.1) | 2 (1.1) | 133 (8.4) | 543 (14.6) |
| Medication offered for free | |||||
| No free medication | 15 324 (37.7) | 120 (85.7) | 60 (32.8) | 1342 (84.3) | 1641 (44.1) |
| Free for days (<1 week) | 17 367 (42.7) | 8 (5.7) | 97 (53.0) | 39 (2.5) | 880 (23.7) |
| Free for ≥1 week | 4843 (11.9) | 12 (8.6) | 26 (14.2) | 205 (12.9) | 976 (26.2) |
| Counselling free of charge | |||||
| Yes | 36 544 (89.9) | 137 (97.9) | 183 (100) | 1589 (99.8) | 3318 (89.2) |
| No | 4066 (10.0) | 3 (2.1) | 0 | 0 | 400 (10.8) |
| Planned relapse prevention† | |||||
| No | 13 413 (33.0) | 58 (41.4) | − | 945 (59.4) | 898 (24.1) |
| Yes | 11 751 (28.9) | 82 (58.6) | − | 647 (40.6) | 1308 (35.2) |
Dashes indicate that the variable was not measured
*Owing to missing values, not all variables add up to the total number (and 100%).
†Data obtained from 2006 and to the present.
‡Covers interventions in the municipalities and pharmacies.
GSP, Gold Standard Programme.