Research Article
Correlates of Cessation Success among Romanian Adults
Table 1
Characteristics of former, current, ever smokers, recent quitters, and quit rates by gender—Global Adult Tobacco Survey Romania 2011.
| | Characteristic | Male | Female | Former smokers
| Recent quitters
| Current smokers
| Ever smokers
| Quit rateA % | Former smokers
| Recent quitter
| Current smokers
| Ever smokers
| Quit rateA % | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Overall | 336 (33.1) | 22 (2.2) | 657 (64.7) | 1015 (100.0) | 33.1 | 114 (26.3) | 18 (4.2) | 301 (69.5) | 433 (100.0) | 26.3 | | Age (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | <25 | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 61 (9.3) | 65 (6.4) | 6.2 | 2 (1.8) | 2 (11.1) | 29 (9.6) | 33 (7.6) | 6.1 | | 25–29 | 7 (2.1) | 2 (9.1) | 61 (9.3) | 70 (6.9) | 10.0 | 5 (4.4) | 2 (11.1) | 28 (9.3) | 35 (8.1) | 14.3 | | 30–39 | 28 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 140 (21.3) | 168 (16.5) | 16.7 | 24 (21.1) | 2 (11.1) | 67 (22.3) | 93 (21.5) | 25.8 | | 40–49 | 46 (13.7) | 9 (40.9) | 159 (24.2) | 214 (21.1) | 21.5 | 18 (15.8) | 6 (33.3) | 74 (24.6) | 98 (22.6) | 18.4 | | 50–59 | 68 (20.2) | 6 (27.3) | 140 (21.3) | 214 (21.1) | 31.8 | 29 (25.4) | 1 (5.6) | 69 (22.9) | 99 (22.9) | 29.3 | | ≥60 | 183 (54.5) | 5 (22.7) | 96 (14.6) | 284 (28.0) | 64.4 | 36 (31.6) | 5 (27.8) | 34 (11.3) | 75 (17.3) | 48.0 | | Missing data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | | Age at smoking onset | | | | | | | | | | | | ≤17 | 131 (39.1) | 6 (35.3) | 284 (43.3) | 421 (41.8) | 31.1 | 17 (14.9) | 4 (28.6) | 89 (29.7) | 110 (25.7) | 15.5 | | 18–20 | 131 (39.1) | 9 (52.9) | 266 (40.6) | 406 (40.2) | 32.3 | 45 (39.5) | 3 (21.4) | 105 (35.0) | 153 (35.8) | 29.4 | | ≥21 | 73 (21.8) | 2 (11.8) | 106 (16.2) | 181 (18.0) | 40.3 | 52 (45.6) | 7 (50.0) | 106 (35.3) | 165 (38.5) | 31.5 | | Missing data | 1 (0.3) | 5 (22.7) | 1 (0.2) | 7 (0.7) | — | 0 (0.0) | 4 (22.2) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.2) | — | | Education | | | | | | | | | | | | Primary or less | 34 (10.2) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (5.9) | 73 (7.2) | 46.5 | 7 (6.2) | 2 (11.1) | 22 (7.4) | 31 (7.2) | 22.6 | | Secondary | 253 (75.8) | 19 (86.4) | 527 (80.5) | 799 (79.0) | 31.7 | 82 (72.6) | 11 (61.1) | 228 (76.5) | 321 (74.8) | 25.5 | | High | 47 (14.1) | 3 (13.6) | 89 (13.6) | 139 (13.8) | 33.8 | 24 (21.2) | 5 (27.8) | 48 (16.1) | 77 (18.0) | 31.2 | | Missing data | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | — | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.0) | 4 (0.9) | — | | Occupational classification | | | | | | | | | | | | Economically not active | 200 (60.1) | 8 (36.4) | 147 (22.4) | 355 (35.1) | 56.3 | 41 (36.0) | 8 (44.4) | 63 (21.1) | 112 (26.1) | 36.6 | | Employed | 118 (35.4) | 11 (50.0) | 389 (59.3) | 518 (51.2) | 22.8 | 69 (60.5) | 8 (44.4) | 215 (72.2) | 292 (67.9) | 23.6 | | Unemployed, able to work | 14 (4.2) | 3 (13.6) | 112 (17.1) | 129 (12.8) | 10.9 | 4 (3.5) | 2 (11.2) | 20 (6.7) | 26 (6.1) | 15.4 | | Unemployed, unable to work | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.2) | 9 (0.9) | 11.1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | — | | Missing data | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (0.4) | — | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | — | | Place of residence | | | | | | | | | | | | Rural | 144 (42.9) | 9 (40.9) | 282 (42.9) | 435 (42.9) | 33.1 | 33 (28.9) | 4 (22.2) | 104 (34.5) | 141 (32.6) | 23.4 | | Urban | 192 (57.1) | 13 (59.1) | 375 (57.1) | 580 (57.1) | 33.1 | 81 (71.1) | 14 (77.8) | 197 (65.5) | 292 (67.4) | 27.7 | | Missing data | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | | Asset Index | | | | | | | | | | | | High | 177 (53.6) | 14 (63.6) | 335 (51.5) | 526 (52.4) | 33.6 | 75 (68.2) | 11 (61.1) | 173 (58.5) | 259 (61.1) | 29.0 | | Middle | 118 (35.8) | 6 (27.3) | 222 (34.1) | 346 (34.5) | 34.1 | 25 (22.7) | 5 (27.8) | 91 (30.7) | 121 (28.5) | 20.7 | | Low | 35 (10.6) | 2 (9.1) | 94 (14.4) | 131 (13.1) | 26.7 | 10 (9.1) | 2 (11.1) | 32 (10.8) | 44 (10.4) | 22.7 | | Missing data | 6 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.9) | 12 (1.2) | — | 4 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.7) | 9 (2.1) | — | | Awareness of smoking health consequences | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 328 (98.5) | 21 (100.0) | 612 (93.6) | 961 (95.3) | 34.1 | 111 (97.4) | 18 (100.0) | 285 (95.6) | 414 (96.3) | 26.8 | | No | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (6.4) | 47 (4.7) | 10.6 | 3 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (4.4) | 16 (3.7) | 18.7 | | Missing data | 3 (0.9) | 1 (4.5) | 3 (0.5) | 7 (0.7) | — | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | — | | Awareness of smoking ETS consequences | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 314 (95.2) | 21 (100.0) | 591 (91.5) | 926 (92.9) | 33.9 | 106 (94.6) | 16 (94.1) | 272 (91.6) | 394 (92.5) | 26.9 | | No | 16 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 55 (8.5) | 71 (7.1) | 22.5 | 6 (5.4) | 1 (5.9) | 25 (8.4) | 32 (7.5) | 18.7 | | Missing data | 6 (1.8) | 1 (4.5) | 11 (1.7) | 18 (1.8) | — | 2 (1.8) | 1 (4.6) | 4 (1.3) | 7 (1.6) | — | | Cohabitation with a smoker | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 58 (17.4) | 3 (13.6) | 511 (77.8) | 572 (56.5) | 10.1 | 19 (16.7) | 3 (16.7) | 241 (80.1) | 263 (60.7) | 7.2 | | No | 276 (82.6) | 19 (86.4) | 146 (22.2) | 441 (43.5) | 62.6 | 95 (83.3) | 15 (83.3) | 60 (19.9) | 170 (39.3) | 55.9 | | Missing data | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.2) | — | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
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AQuit rates calculated as a number of former smokers and divided by denominator = number of ever smokers × 100.
ETS: environmental tobacco smoke.
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