Table 1.

SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS BY RANDOMLY ALLOCATED GROUPS IN THE CEASE QUIT SMOKING INTERVENTION, PHASE I (N=400)

Characteristic	Group A Individual (n=202)		Group B Group (n=198)		All participants (n = 400)		p-valuea
	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Gender
Male	80	39.6	85	42.9	165	41.3
Female	122	60.4	113	57.1	235	58.7	chi2(1) = 0.456 Pr = 0.499
Race/ Ethnicity
African American	145	71.8	134	67.7	279	69.7
White	48	23.8	58	29.3	106	26.5	chi2(1) = 1.375 Pr = 0.241b
Other	9	4.4	6	3.0	15	3.8	chi2(2) = 1.937 Pr = 0.380
School Attainment
Some high school	73	36.1	80	40.4	153	38.2
Graduated high school	76	37.6	73	36.9	149	37.3
At least some collegec	53	26.3	45	22.7	98	24.5	chi2(2) = 0.994 Pr = 0.608
Occupation
Working or other	80	39.6	71	35.9	151	37.8
Not working	122	60.4	127	64.1	249	62.2	chi2(1) = 0.597 Pr = 0.440
Nicotine Dependence
Low	13	6.4	16	8.1	29	7.3
Moderate	77	38.1	73	36.9	150	37.5
High	112	55.4	109	55.1	221	55.2	chi2(2) = 0.418 Pr = 0.811
Drug Dependenced
No	157	77.7	166	83.8	323	80.7
Yes	45	22.3	32	16.2	77	19.3	chi2(1) = 2.4058 Pr = 0.121
Readiness to Quit
No	98	48.5	90	45.5	188	47.0
Yes	104	51.5	108	54.5	212	53.0	chi2(1) = 0.3759 Pr = 0.540
Age (in years, range 19–69)	45.6	10.32	44.4	10.73	45.0	10.5	Pr(|T| > |t|) = 0.2645
Stress (range 1–5)	3.2	0.5	3.2	0.6	3.2	0.6	Pr(|T| > |t|) = 0.6651
Social Support (range 1–5)	3.8	1.0	3.6	1.1	3.7	1.0	Pr(|T| > |t|) = 0.0537
Sessions attended (range 1–12)	2.6	2.1	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.4	Pr(|T| > |t|) = 0.3384

Notes:

^aPearson group differences

^bComparing African American and White participants only across groups

^cIncludes participants who attended Trading School

^dHistory of Drug Dependence

^eBased on t-test of no difference between groups