Table 3.
Self-Help Behaviors of Long-Term Quitters While Trying to Quit Smoking
| Behavior and Rao-Scott test results for significant differencesa | Used pharmacological methods | Quit unassisted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percenta | Count | Percenta | |
| Help or support from friends or family (RS = 90.7)a | 484 | 45.8 | 642 | 25.2 |
| Giving up cigarettes all at once (RS = 70.0)a | 754 | 71.6 | 2,191 | 85.6 |
| When completely quit smoking by giving cigarettes all at once | ||||
| Tried to quit as soon as made the decision (RS = 79.4)a | 333 | 46.6 | 1,482 | 69.6 |
| Planned the quit attempt for later the same day | 47 | 6.4 | 95 | 4.6 |
| Planned the quit attempt for a date in the future (RS = 153.7)a | 288 | 37.5 | 257 | 11.6 |
| Decided to quit after having not smoked for some other reason (RS = 9.4, p = .0021) | 72 | 9.5 | 324 | 14.3 |
| Gradually cutting back on cigarettes (RS = 114.4)a | 455 | 43.9 | 573 | 23.9 |
| Switching to | ||||
| Smokeless tobacco, ie, chewing tobacco or snuff | 39 | 4.0 | 88 | 3.4 |
| Regular cigars, cigarillos, little filtered cigars or pipes filled with tobacco (RS = 4.5, p = .0342) | 44 | 4.3 | 73 | 2.8 |
| “Lighter” cigarette (RS = 44.1)* | 105 | 9.7 | 97 | 3.6 |
| Total sample size (population count) | 1,050 (1,239, 492) | 2,533 (3,508, 575) | ||
aAll tests are based on 1 degree of freedom; percentages are based on the population counts.
*p < .0001; p values and test statistics for nonsignificant comparisons are not presented.