The Effects and Measures of Auricular Acupressure and Interactive Multimedia for Smoking Cessation in College Students

Table 2

FEV1%, carbon monoxide, cotinine, and nicotine dependence at pre- and posttests.

Variables	AA	IM	Control
	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD
FEV1 %
Pretest	1.04 ± 0.09	1.00 ± 0.10	1.00 ± 0.10
Posttest	1.04 ± 0.09	1.01 ± 0.09	1.02 ± 0.09
Carbon monoxide (ppm)
Pretest	13.16 ± 5.07	12.81 ± 4.13	12.03 ± 4.00
Posttest	10.31 ± 4.28	11.75 ± 3.55	11.09 ± 3.64
Cotinine (ng/mL)
Pretest	732.44 ± 814.11	946.25 ± 1074.39	755.91 ± 831.26
Posttest	407.69 ± 496.68	683.19 ± 775.90	756.06 ± 807.32
Nicotine dependence
Pretest	5.09 ± 2.19	5.59 ± 1.76	6.16 ± 1.71
Posttest	2.53 ± 2.36	4.09 ± 1.89	5.75 ± 1.83

𝑛=32 in each group; AA: auricular acupressure; IM: interactive multimedia; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in the first second.