Characteristics of current smokers at baseline in the Ontario Tobacco Survey who had made at least one quit attempt (n=1277)
Characteristic | n | Per cent |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 732 | 57.3 |
Male | 545 | 42.7 |
Age | ||
18–24 | 137 | 10.7 |
25–34 | 218 | 17.1 |
35–44 | 291 | 22.8 |
45–54 | 340 | 26.6 |
55–64 | 185 | 14.5 |
65+ | 106 | 8.3 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 721 | 56.5 |
Single | 556 | 43.5 |
Education | ||
Less than high school | 192 | 15.0 |
High school or more | 1085 | 85.0 |
Children at home | ||
No | 746 | 58.4 |
Yes | 531 | 41.6 |
Ever used pharmacotherapy | ||
No | 530 | 41.5 |
Yes | 747 | 58.5 |
Ever used behavioural therapy | ||
No | 846 | 66.2 |
Yes | 431 | 33.8 |
Number of previous quit attempts at baseline | ||
0 | 97 | 7.6 |
1 | 250 | 19.6 |
2 | 244 | 19.1 |
3 | 211 | 16.5 |
4 | 123 | 9.6 |
5 or more | 352 | 27.6 |
Frequency of smoking at baseline | ||
Daily smoker (every day) | 1092 | 85.5 |
Occasional smoker (less than daily) | 185 | 14.5 |
Heaviness of smoking index | ||
Low | 728 | 57.0 |
Medium/high | 549 | 43.0 |
Heaviness of smoking index calculated from daily cigarette consumption and the time to first cigarette after waking (scores of 0–2 were classified as low, 3–6 as high).19