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. 2020 Mar 3;23(1):63–70. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa043

Table 2.

Cigarette Smoking and Other Noncigarette Tobacco Use Patterns Among Permanent Supportive Housing Residents (N = 100)

n (%)
Cigarette use
 Daily smoking in past 7 da 78 (78.0)
Less than daily smoking in past 7 d 22 (22.0)
 Daily cigarette consumption—median (IQR) 9.0 (4.0–12.5)
 Heaviness of smoking index (HSI)
  Low dependence (0–2) 63 (63.0)
  Moderate dependence (3–4) 35 (35.0)
  High dependence (5–6) 2 (2.0)
 Percent monthly income spent on cigarettes—median (IQR) 10.0 (4.4–17.4)
  Any SFH 6.1 (3.2–8.6)
  No SFH 10.9 (4.7–20.0)
 Smoking cessation intention
  Never expect to quit 17 (17.0)
  May quit in next 6 mo 56 (56.0)
  Will quit in next 6 mo 17 (17.0)
  Will quit in the next month 9 (9.0)
 Proportion attempting to quit in past year 55 (55.0)
  Longest quit attempt in past year (d)—median (IQR) 9 (4.0–18.0)
 Attitudes toward smoke-free policies—median (IQR) 2.2 (1.8–2.6)
Noncigarette tobacco use
 Blunts use
  Lifetime 49 (49.0)
   Past 30 d 17 (34.7)
    Inside apartment 14 (14.0)
 Cigarillos use
  Lifetime 69 (69.0)
   Past 30 d 26 (37.7)
    Inside apartment 15 (57.7)
  E-cigarette use
  Lifetime 46 (46.0)
   Past 30 d 8 (17.4)
    Inside apartment 7 (87.5)
  Roll-your-own tobacco use
  Lifetime 88 (88.0)
   Past 30 d 42 (47.7)
    Inside apartment 32 (76.2)
  Smokeless tobacco usea
  Lifetime 22 (22.2)
   Past 30 d 1 (4.5)

SFH = smoke-free home; Lifetime = any use ever in life; IQR = interquartile range.

aOne participant did not respond.