Table 1.
Full outline of participant characteristics, N = 243. LT Quit attempts = lifetime attempts to quit; FTND = Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence. Tobacco products refers to all the different combustible products often used by participants when allowed to report multiple products. COVID-19 risk pre-knowledge refers to awareness of the risk of increased COVID-19 mortality for smokers prior to the survey. See Materials and procedure section (2.2) below for motivation to quit smoking response coding. Perceived severity and probability of COVID-19 infection range from 0 – 100, and Fear of COVID-19 ranges from 7 – 35.
| Variable | Mean (SD) | Frequency (total N = 243) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Female | 120 | 49.38% | |
| Male | 120 | 49.38% | |
| Neither male nor female | 3 | 1.23% | |
| Age | 35.69 (12.28) | ||
| 18 - 25 | 46 | 18.9 % | |
| 26 – 40 | 132 | 54.4 % | |
| 41 – 55 | 40 | 16.46 % | |
| ≥ 56 | 25 | 10.29 % | |
| Highest level of education | |||
| GCSE | 44 | 18.11 % | |
| A-level | 58 | 23.87 % | |
| Post-6th form award | 22 | 9.05 % | |
| Undergraduate | 76 | 31.28 % | |
| Masters | 27 | 11.11 % | |
| Doctorate | 8 | 3.29 % | |
| No response | 7 | 2.88 % | |
| Cigarettes per day | 10.88 (7.23) | ||
| <1 | 23 | 9.5% | |
| 1−10 | 115 | 47.33% | |
| 11−20 | 96 | 39.51% | |
| >20 | 9 | 3.7% | |
| Hours since last cigarette | 83.75 (661.68) | ||
| ≤ 2 h | 167 | 63.8% | |
| 3−12 hours | 38 | 15.6% | |
| 13−24 hours | 21 | 8.7% | |
| 25−48 hours | 10 | 4.12% | |
| >48 h | 17 | 7% | |
| Age of smoking onset | 17.45 (4.42) | ||
| 11 - 13 | 18 | 8.07% | |
| 14−16 | 101 | 45.29% | |
| 17 – 18 | 64 | 28.7% | |
| 19 – 21 | 39 | 17.49% | |
| >22 | 21 | 9.42% | |
| Number of LT Quit attempts | 4.32 (3.82) | ||
| 1 | 45 | 20.18% | |
| 2 - 5 | 142 | 63.68% | |
| 6 - 10 | 34 | 15.25% | |
| >10 | 22 | 9.87% | |
| FTND | 3.23 (2.43) | ||
| 0 – 2 | 100 | 44.84% | |
| 3 – 4 | 64 | 28.7% | |
| 5 | 28 | 12.56% | |
| 6 - 7 | 41 | 18.39% | |
| 8 - 10 | 10 | 4.48% | |
| Concurrent E-cigarette user | 71 | 29.22% | |
| All tobacco products used | |||
| Packet cigarettes | 158 | 65.02% | |
| Self-rolled cigarettes | 142 | 58.44% | |
| Other (pipe, cigars, other) | 11 | 4.53% | |
| COVID19 risk pre- knowledge | 185 | 76.1% | |
| Motivation to quit Smoking | 3.49 (1.74) | ||
| 1 | 26 | 10.7% | |
| 2 | 68 | 28% | |
| 3 | 32 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | 47 | 19.3% | |
| 5 | 37 | 15.2% | |
| 6 | 15 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | 18 | 7.4% | |
| Perceived Severity of COVID-19 | 50.75 (23.06) | ||
| Perceived probability of COVID-19 | 29.92 (24.68) | ||
| Fear of COVID-19 | 17.53 (6.74) | ||