Smoking Cessation and Socioeconomic Status: An Update of Existing Evidence from a National Evaluation of English Stop Smoking Services
Table 2
ELONS 52-week weighted CO validated quit rates (percents and weighted 95% CI), weighted means of age and wellbeing (and weighted 95% CI) by key variables.
%
% CO validated quit at 52 weeks
% disadvantaged
(95% CI)
(95% CI)
(weighted)
(weighted)
SES
0-1 indicators of disadvantage
1123
36.7
10.3 (8.4 to 12.7)
0
2–5 indicators of disadvantage
1934
63.3
6.2 (5.0 to 7.7)
100
Behavioural support
Group specialist
652
21.3
12.1 (10.5 to 13.8)
57.5 (46.8 to 67.6)
Drop in specialist
887
29.0
7.6 (5.1 to 11.0)
70.3 (63.7 to 76.2)
One to one specialist
1131
37.0
10.2 (7.6 to 13.7)
64.1 (55.0 to 72.2)
GP practice/pharmacy service
366
12.0
5.1 (2.8 to 9.3)
60.1 (53.7 to 66.2)
Other or unknown
21
.7
Not available
Not available
Time of year of quit attempt
Other months
767
25.1
7.0 (5.2 to 9.4)
61.7 (55.3 to 67.6)
Summer: July, August
970
31.7
6.3 (4.4 to 8.9)
64.3 (56.4 to 71.5)
Back to school: September, October
1128
36.9
8.7 (6.4 to 11.7)
65.6 (61.1 to 69.8)
New Year: January, February
192
6.3
13.1 (5.1 to 29.6)
51.5 (29.5 to 73.0)
Age (in years)
Not quit 43.3 (42.5 to 44.1)
2–5 disad. 41.2 (39.7 to 42.7)
(weighted mean)
Quit 46.8 (44.4 to 49.2)
0-1 disad. 47.7 (45.5 to 49.9)
Gender
Female
1710
55.9
7.2 (6.0 to 8.5)
64.0 (59.6 to 68.2)
Male
1347
44.1
8.4 (6.8 to 10.2)
62.4 (56.1 to 68.3)
WHO_5 Wellbeing
Not quit 52.7 (51.4 to 53.9)
2–5 disad. 51.3 (47.5 to 55.2)
(weighted mean)
Quit 59.3(56.5 to 62.1)
0-1 disad. 56.4 (52.5 to 60.3)
Medication in week 1
Varenicline not recorded
1661
54.3
6.2 (4.9 to 7.7)
66.3 (60.7 to 71.5)
Took varenicline
1396
45.7
10.0 (7.2 to 13.8)
58.8 (50.8 to 66.4)
Dependence
Other
1681
55.0
9.8 (7.7 to 12.4)
57.9 (53.2 to 62.4)
Highly dependent
1376
45.0
4.9 (2.9 to 8.2)
70.5 (65.9 to 74.7)
Support from spouse partner
Other
1507
49.3
6.2 (4.5 to 8.5)
67.1 (60.7 to 72.9)
Support from spouse/partner
1550
50.7
9.2 (7.4 to 11.3)
59.6 (54.3 to 64.6)
Friends and family
Other
771
25.2
3.4 (2.6 to 4.4)
75.2 (66.5 to 82.3)
Half or fewer smoke
2286
74.8
9.1 (7.5 to 10.9)
59.5 (55.3 to 63.6)
Base
3057
100
7.7 (6.6 to 9.0)
63.3 (58.7 to 67.6)
Significant differences in SES but not quitting by location (not shown).
