Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants (N = 16,657).
| % (N) | |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Age | |
| 16–24 | 19.8 (3298) |
| 25–34 | 20.2 (3361) |
| 35–44 | 16.5 (2752) |
| 45–54 | 16.9 (2822) |
| 55–64 | 14.0 (2327) |
| 65+ | 12.6 (2097) |
| Female | 47.0 (7836) |
| Social grade | |
| AB | 11.0 (1838) |
| C1 | 26.3 (4373) |
| C2 | 23.3 (3883) |
| D | 19.8 (3304) |
| E | 19.6 (3259) |
| Smoking characteristics | |
| Current motivation to stop smoking | |
| “I don't want to stop smoking” | 29.2 (4871) |
| “I think I should stop smoking but I don't really want to” | 15.3 (2553) |
| “I want to stop smoking but haven't thought about when” | 9.0 (1496) |
| “I REALLY want to stop smoking but I don't know when I will” | 12.8 (2131) |
| “I want to stop smoking and hope to soon” | 17.8 (2959) |
| “I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in the next 3 months” | 7.8 (1302) |
| “I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in the next month” | 8.1 (1345) |
| Consistent motivation to stop smoking | |
| No | 55.3 (9207) |
| Yes | 44.7 (7450) |
| Tried to quit in the past year | |
| No | 69.5 (11,577) |
| Yes | 30.5 (5080) |
| Strength of urges to smoke | |
| None | 11.5 (1916) |
| Slight | 15.8 (2633) |
| Moderate | 45.3 (7540) |
| Strong | 19.4 (3230) |
| Very strong | 5.7 (948) |
| Extremely strong | 2.3 (390) |
| Cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD) | 11.5 (8.4) |