Table 3

Smoking pattern of Vietnamese methadone maintenance treatment patients

CharacteristicN (%)
Age at smoking initiation, mean years (SD)17.2 (3.5)
Duration of regular smoking, mean years (SD)14.1 (8.5)
Expense for smoking (1,000 VND per month), mean (SD)306.3 (289.4)
Fagerström test for nicotine dependence score, mean (SD)4.5 (2.4)
Nicotine dependence scale, n (%)
Very low231 (26.1)
Low239 (27.0)
Moderate115 (12.9)
High184 (20.8)
Very high117 (13.2)
Number of cigarette per day, n (%)
≤10409 (46.2)
11–20407 (45.9)
21–3049 (5.5)
>3021 (2.4)