Table 2 Tobacco use and Quit Methods
From: Smoking and finances: baseline characteristics of low income daily smokers in the FISCALS cohort
Number (%) or median (IQR) | |
|---|---|
Tobacco use (N = 1047) | |
Cigarettes per day | 23 (15–30) |
Heaviness of Smoking Index | 4 (3–5) |
Type of tobacco smoked | |
Mainly/only factory made | 634 (60.6%) |
Factory made and RYOa equally | 96 (9.2%) |
Mainly/only RYO | 314 (30.0%) |
Frequency of strong urges | |
Never | 18 (1.7%) |
Daily or less | 74 (7.1%) |
Several times daily | 320 (30.6%) |
Hourly or more | 630 (60.2%) |
Ever attempted to quit, yes | 970 (92.6%) |
Days since last quit attemptb | 365 (122–1096) |
Length of last quit attempt, daysc | 7 (3–21) |
Confidence in success of next quit attempt | |
Not sure of success | 75 (7.2%) |
Slightly sure | 100 (9.6%) |
Moderately sure | 342 (32.7%) |
Very sure | 325 (31.0%) |
Extremely sure | 176 (16.8%) |
Current motivation to quit | 8 (7–10) |
Methods used for past quit attempts (N = 970) | |
Ever used Nicotine Replacement Therapy, yes | 684 (70.5%) |
NRT Type used on last quit attemptd,e | |
Gum | 161 (23.5%) |
Patch | 523 (76.5%) |
Lozenge | 81 (11.8%) |
Inhaler | 73 (10.7%) |
Sublingual tablets/ Mouth spray/mist/e-cigarette | 53 (7.7%) |
Ever used prescription medications, yes | 478 (49.3%) |
Prescription medications usede,f | |
Burpropion | 143 (29.9%) |
Varenicline | 415 (86.8%) |
Other | 5 (1.1%) |
Ever called a Quitline, yes | 368 (37.6%) |