Table 2.
Tobacco use and Quit Methods
| Number (%) or median (IQR) | |
|---|---|
| Tobacco use (N = 1047) | |
| Cigarettes per day | 23 (15–30) |
| Heaviness of Smoking Index | 4 (3–5) |
| Type of tobacco smoked | |
| Mainly/only factory made | 634 (60.6%) |
| Factory made and RYOa equally | 96 (9.2%) |
| Mainly/only RYO | 314 (30.0%) |
| Frequency of strong urges | |
| Never | 18 (1.7%) |
| Daily or less | 74 (7.1%) |
| Several times daily | 320 (30.6%) |
| Hourly or more | 630 (60.2%) |
| Ever attempted to quit, yes | 970 (92.6%) |
| Days since last quit attemptb | 365 (122–1096) |
| Length of last quit attempt, daysc | 7 (3–21) |
| Confidence in success of next quit attempt | |
| Not sure of success | 75 (7.2%) |
| Slightly sure | 100 (9.6%) |
| Moderately sure | 342 (32.7%) |
| Very sure | 325 (31.0%) |
| Extremely sure | 176 (16.8%) |
| Current motivation to quit | 8 (7–10) |
| Methods used for past quit attempts (N = 970) | |
| Ever used Nicotine Replacement Therapy, yes | 684 (70.5%) |
| NRT Type used on last quit attemptd,e | |
| Gum | 161 (23.5%) |
| Patch | 523 (76.5%) |
| Lozenge | 81 (11.8%) |
| Inhaler | 73 (10.7%) |
| Sublingual tablets/ Mouth spray/mist/e-cigarette | 53 (7.7%) |
| Ever used prescription medications, yes | 478 (49.3%) |
| Prescription medications usede,f | |
| Burpropion | 143 (29.9%) |
| Varenicline | 415 (86.8%) |
| Other | 5 (1.1%) |
| Ever called a Quitline, yes | 368 (37.6%) |
aRYO = Roll-your-own
b n = 966
cOnly includes those who attempted to quit in past year (n = 378)
d n = 684
eSome participants used more than one type of quit support
f n = 478