Table 2.
Sample description overall and by ever diagnosis, past-year treatment and past-month distress, weighted
| Characteristic | Total | Ever diagnosis | Past-year treatment | Past-month distress | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | None | Moderate | Serious | |||
| Ever diagnosis, % | 40.2 | – | – | 0 | 100 | 21.4 | 59.2 | 90.6 | |
| Past-year treatment, % | 25.9 | – | 64.5 | – | – | 9.9 | 39.6 | 75.3 | |
| Past-month distress, % | Moderate | 28.3 | 19.3 | 41.6 | 23.1 | 43.3 | – | – | – |
| Serious | 11.7 | 1.8 | 26.4 | 3.9 | 33.8 | – | – | – | |
| Age, % | 16–24 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 18.6 | 20.1 | 14.4 | 25.3 | 27.5 |
| 25–34 | 26.8 | 25.3 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 25.5 | 29.0 | 27.9 | |
| 35–44 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 19.7 | |
| 45–54 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 19.6 | 12.7 | 14.3 | |
| 55–64 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | |
| ≥ 65 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 2.0 | |
| Gender, %1 | Men | 51.8 | 58.4 | 42.0 | 56.8 | 37.5 | 55.3 | 50.8 | 36.5 |
| Women | 48.2 | 41.6 | 58.0 | 43.2 | 62.5 | 44.7 | 49.2 | 63.5 | |
| Occupational grade, %2 | AB | 17.9 | 20.4 | 14.2 | 19.8 | 12.4 | 20.1 | 16.4 | 10.3 |
| C1 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 23.7 | 26.6 | 21.1 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 20.6 | |
| C2 | 25.4 | 28.0 | 21.7 | 27.0 | 20.9 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 21.8 | |
| D | 18.2 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 21.4 | |
| E | 13.3 | 8.0 | 21.1 | 8.8 | 26.1 | 9.4 | 16.3 | 25.9 | |
| Smoking, % | Daily | 67.4 | 67.1 | 67.9 | 67.3 | 67.8 | 66.8 | 66.9 | 71.6 |
| Non-daily | 10.9 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.3 | |
| Stopped last year | 21.7 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 18.1 | |
| Type of cigarette, % | Manufactured | 47.4 | 51.7 | 41.1 | 50.4 | 39.1 | 50.8 | 44.5 | 37.3 |
| Roll-your-own | 43.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 | |
| Mix | 5.7 | 39.0 | 48.9 | 40.3 | 50.6 | 40.2 | 45.8 | 50.5 | |
| Unknown | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.2 | |
| Time since most recent quit attempt, % | < 1 month | 16.1 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 16.8 |
| 1 to 6 months | 47.2 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 46.0 | 44.8 | 50.8 | 50.8 | |
| > 6 months | 36.8 | 37.7 | 35.4 | 37.3 | 35.3 | 39.1 | 33.7 | 32.4 | |
| Unplanned quit attempt, % | 51.7 | 51.3 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 51.8 | 49.1 | 57.6 | |
| Stopped without cutting down, % | 53.8 | 52.5 | 55.7 | 54.6 | 51.4 | 54.4 | 51.9 | 54.7 | |
| Strength of urges to smoke, M (SD) | 1.75 (1.20) | 1.65 (1.15) | 1.89 (1.26) | 1.68 (1.16) | 1.94 (1.28) | 1.64 (1.14) | 1.82 (1.22) | 2.10 (1.36) | |
| Npast-year quit attempts, M (SD) | 1.78 (5.17) | 1.78 (5.48) | 1.78 (4.68) | 1.78 (5.47) | 1.77 (4.21) | 1.70 (5.44) | 1.97 (5.51) | 1.69 (1.88) | |
Unweighted n = 1956
1A provided third option was not used by anyone in the included sample
2AB: higher or intermediate managerial, administrative or professional occupation; C1: supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional; C2: skilled manual workers; D: semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers; E: state pensioners, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only