| | Category | Variables | Results |
| | Demographic data | Gender | | | Male, (%) | 1368 (66.70%) | | Female, (%) | 683 (33.30%) | | Age (years) | 43.83 ± 12.33 | | Education level | | | Below elementary school, (%) | 95 (4.63%) | | Elementary school, (%) | 153 (7.46%) | | Middle school, (%) | 1264 (61.63%) | | Precollege, (%) | 276 (13.46%) | | College or above, (%) | 263 (12.82%) | | Residential zone (location number) | 8.85 ± 4.75 | | Treatment location (location number) | 2.85 ± 4.37 |
| | Smoking background | Smoking history (years) | 25.49 ± 11.87 | | Number of cigarettes smoked/day (cigarette) | 17.57 ± 8.27 | | FTND (points) | 5.29 ± 2.32 | | Number of previous quit attempts | | | 0, (%) | 381 (18.58%) | | 1, (%) | 593 (28.91%) | | 2–5, (%) | 945 (46.08%) | | 6–10, (%) | 68 (3.32%) | | 10 and above, (%) | 64 (3.31) | | Expired carbon monoxide before acupuncture (ppm) | 15.09 ± 9.45 |
| | Reasons and motivation | Quitting confidence (points) | 7.44 ± 1.84 | | Quitting preparation (points) | 8.12 ± 1.72 | | Reason to select acupuncture | | | Advertisement, (%) | 1031 (50.27%) | | Received before, (%) | 132 (6.44%) | | Trying new method, (%) | 577 (28.13%) | | Believing in acupuncture, (%) | 311 (15.16%) | | Due to their own health | | | No, (%) | 371 (18.09%) | | Yes, (%) | 1680 (81.91%) | | Due to health of family member | | | No, (%) | 1210 (59.00%) | | Yes, (%) | 841 (41.00%) | | Due to good looking | | | No, (%) | 1722 (83.96%) | | Yes, (%) | 329 (16.04%) | | Persuaded by someone | | | No, (%) | 1080 (52.66%) | | Yes, (%) | 971 (47.34%) | | Due to money saving | | | No, (%) | 1381 (67.33%) | | Yes, (%) | 670 (32.67%) |
| | Treatment compliance | Total number of acupuncture sessions received (treatment times) | 4.89 ± 2.85 | | Whether the participants finished 6 sessions within first month | | | No, (%) | 954 (46.51%) | | Yes, (%) | 1097 (53.49%) | | Whether the participants finished at least 6 sessions of acupuncture | | | No, (%) | 898 (43.78%) | | Yes, (%) | 1153 (56.22%) |
| | Treatment result | 8 weeks | | | Fail, (%) | 1363 (64.46%) | | Success, (%) | 688 (33.54%) | | 52 weeks | | | Fail, (%) | 1703 (83.03%) | | Success, (%) | 348 (16.97%) |
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