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. 2019 Dec 10;22(9):1492–1499. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz229

Table 1.

Characteristics of Sample

Quit attempts (N (%) or mean [SD]) Quit motivation (N (%) or mean [SD]) Medication use (N (%) or mean [SD]) Counselor use (N (%) or mean [SD])
None 1–5 6+ No Yes, within 6 months Yes, within 30 days No Yes No Yes
Demographics, smoking, and illness characteristics
 Gender (% female) 89 (42.4%) 94 (44.8%) 27 (12.9%) 74 (35.4%) 95 (45.5%) 40 (19.1%) 72 (34.3%) 138 (65.7%) 192 (91.4%) 18 (8.6%)
 Race (% minority) 132 (42.6%) 141 (45.5%) 37 (11.9%) 99 (31.9%) 138 (44.5%) 73 (23.5%) 134 (43.2%) 176 (56.8%) 262 (84.5%) 48 (15.5%)
 Education (% less than or equal to some HS) 70 (45.8%) 65 (42.5%) 18 (11.8%) 50 (33.1%) 69 (45.7%) 32 (21.2%) 67 (43.8%) 86 (56.2%) 140 (91.5%) 13 (8.5%)
 Employment (% employed) 31 (41.9%) 29 (39.2%) 14 (18.9%) 21 (28.4%) 38 (51.4%) 15 (20.3%) 29 (39.2%) 45 (60.8%) 60 (81.1%) 14 (18.9%)
 Income (% <$20k) 179 (44.2%) 177 (43.7%) 49 (12.1%) 145 (36.1%) 178 (44.3%) 79 (19.7%) 156 (38.5%) 249 (61.5%) 355 (87.7%) 50 (12.3%)
 Marital status (% married) 29 (42.6%) 29 (42.6%) 10 (14.7%) 32 (47.1%) 23 (33.8%) 13 (19.1%) 162 (39.1%) 252 (60.9%) 59 (86.8%) 9 (13.2%)
 Psychiatric disorders (% ≥2) 151 (41.4%) 170 (46.6%) 44 (12.1%) 123 (33.9%) 171 (47.1%) 69 (19.0%) 136 (37.3%) 229 (62.7%) 317 (86.8%) 48 (13.2%)
 FTND (% at least high) 5.7 (2.0) 4.9 (2.1) 4.8 (2.5) 5.1 (2.1) 5.3 (2.0) 5.2 (2.3) 5.1 (2.2) 5.3 (2.1) 5.2 (2.1) 5.0 (2.0)
 Age started smoking 15.8 (4.5) 16.1 (4.8) 16.3 (5.7) 16.0 (5.1) 15.9 (4.4) 16.1 (5.1) 16.4 (5.2) 15.7 (4.5) 16.0 (4.9) 15.7 (4.3)
 Age at eligibility screen 46.1 (11.4) 45.8 (12.1) 44.6 (11.4) 45.5 (11.8) 46.2 (11.4) 45.2 (12.2) 46.0 (12.3) 45.6 (11.2) 45.9 (11.5) 45.0 (12.5)
 Carbon monoxide (ppm) 17.5 (10.5) 15.2 (11.4) 13.2 (7.6) 16.6 (10.8) 16.6 (11.5) 13.0 (7.7) 15.1 (9.9) 16.5 (11.1) 15.9 (10.6) 16.0 (11.2)
 Cigarettes/day 13.1 (7.8) 11.7 (7.7) 15.0 (10.3) 13.0 (8.0) 13.0 (7.9) 11.5 (8.6) 11.4 (6.5) 13.6 (9.0) 12.8 (8.0) 12.4 (9.1)
 BASIS-R 32.0 (24.0) 32.9 (21.7) 36.6 (21.4) 31.7 (23.2) 33.9 (23.3) 33.6 (20.4) 34.5 (25.0) 32.0 (21.0) 32.9 (23.0) 33.4 (20.8)
Attitudes
 Hazards of smoking 3.7 (1.3) 4.0 (1.0) 4.0 (1.3) 3.8 (1.2) 3.9 (1.2) 3.9 (1.2) 3.8 (1.2) 3.9 (1.2) 3.8 (1.2) 3.9 (1.1)
 Smoke more than 20 yrs, little benefit 2.7 (1.3) 2.5 (1.3) 2.2 (1.2) 2.8 (1.3) 2.4 (1.2) 2.6 (1.3) 2.7 (1.3) 2.5 (1.3) 2.6 (1.3) 2.7 (1.3)
 Quit threaten recovery 2.7 (1.2) 2.7 (1.1) 2.3 (1.1) 2.7 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2) 2.7 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2)
 Concerned about smoking 3.8 (1.0) 3.9 (1.0) 3.9 (1.1) 3.5 (1.1) 4.1 (0.7) 4.0 (1.1) 3.7 (1.0) 3.9 (1.0) 3.9 (1.0) 3.9 (1.1)
 Counseling would help quit 3.5 (1.3) 3.6 (1.1) 3.7 (1.3) 3.3 (1.2) 3.7 (1.2) 3.8 (1.1) 3.6 (1.3) 3.6 (1.2) 3.6 (1.2) 3.6 (1.2)
Systems
 Staff ask if you smoke 0.6 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) 0.7 (0.5)
 Staff/clients smoke together 0.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.3 (.47) 0.4 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5)
 Provided cessation advice 0.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.5 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5)
 Provided cessation referral 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4)
 Smoking cessation part of tx 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.3 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.3 (0.5)
 Smoking cessation required 0.1 (0.2) 0.01 (0.12) 0.1 (0.3) 0.04 (0.2) 0.02 (0.2) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.2) 0.04 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2)

HS = high school; FTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; BASIS-R = Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale; tx = treatment; 48 participants reported smoking less than 5 cigarettes on the assessment day but reported smoking on average at least 5 cigarettes/day for the past 30 days.