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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2019 Jun 7;32(2):223–229. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1626340

Table 3:

Quit Attempts, Decrease in Cigarettes per Day and Medication Use by Motivation to Quit

Lowa Higha P value
Motivation to Quit within a month N= 36 N=24
 Quit Attempts 42% 63% 0.11
 Decrease in Cigs/day 6.1 9.1 0.14
 Medication Use 58% 75% 0.19
Motivation to Quit within six months N=17 N=43
 Quit Attempts 35% 56% 0.15
 Decrease in Cigs/day 8.0 5.7 0.30
 Medication Use 53% 70% 0.22
a

High Motivation is 8–10 and Low Motivation is 0–7 on the contemplation ladder for intent to quit smoking. Intent to quit is on a self-rated scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest intent.