Table 1.
Demographics and Baseline Data a
| Age | 60±9 |
| Female gender | 31 (42) |
| Education of high school/GED and beyond | 71 (96) |
| Caucasian | 106 (95) |
| Cigarettes/d | 16±9.7 |
| Prefer menthol cigarettes | 4 (5) |
| Number of year of smoking | 36±13.6 |
| At least one quit attempt previously | 63 (84) |
| Tried to quit within last year | 28 (37) |
| No plan to quit smoking | 9 (12) |
| Nicotine dependence (FTND score) | 4.3±2.0 |
| Surgical risk index (four items, max score = 4) b | 2.9±1.4 |
| Health concern index (three items, max score = 9) b | 7.0±1.1 |
| Plan to stay off cigarettes after surgery | 52 (69) |
| Interest index (four items, max score = 20) b | 17.6±2.1 |
| Perceived benefits (four items, max score = 20) b | 16.9±2.5 |
| Barriers index (four items, max score = 20) b | 9.9±2.6 |
| Likely to stay off cigarettes after surgery | |
| Very likely | 2 (3) |
| Likely | 24 (32) |
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 33 (44) |
| Unlikely | 13 (17) |
| Very unlikely | 3 (4) |
| Succeed at quitting smoking | |
| Extremely sure | 1 (1.3) |
| Very sure | 16 (21.3) |
| Somewhat sure | 35 (48) |
| Not at all sure | 22 (29.3) |
a For proportions, values are given as n (%) for the 75 patients included in the analysis. Values for continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation. FTND = Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence; GED= general educational development, a marker of high school completion equivalence.
b Indices calculated as described in the methods.