Social Inequality in Cigarette Consumption, Cigarette Dependence, and Intention to Quit among Norwegian Smokers

Table 1

Characteristics of the population and study samples (current smokers). Participants aged 30–66 years. Data were pooled from 2007 to 2012.

	Population sample; ( = 4 600)		Study sample; (current smokers, = 1 282)
Age (mean, SD)	47.7 (10.2)	4 600	47.7 (9.7)	1 282
Male (%)	49.1	2 260	49.9	640
Educational level
High	39.1	1 798	23.7	304
Medium	43.7	2 008	47.4	607
Low	17.3	794	28.9	371
Household income
High	66.9	2 849	60.1	701
Medium	25.9	1 105	27.8	324
Low	7.2	308	12.2	142
Daily smokers (%)	20.4	937	73.1	937
Heavy smoking ≥15 CPD	7.9	365	28.5	365
TTFC ≤30 minutes	9.3	423	34.3	423
No intention to quit	7.1	327	25.7	237