Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation in Hong Kong: A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of subjects.

Baseline data			(%)
Demographical data	Gender	Male	3401 (65.38%)
		Female	1801 (34.62%)
	Age (years old)		43.57 ± 12.03
	Education background	Below primary school	209 (4.02%)
		Primary school	451 (8.67%)
		Middle school	3245 (62.38%)
		Preparatory course	635 (12.21%)
		College or above	662 (12.73%)
Smoking background	Smoking duration (years)		25.05 ± 11.68
	Number of cigarettes smoked per day		17.67 ± 7.96
	FTND		5.34 ± 2.29
	Previous attempts for smoking cessation	0 times	994 (19.11%)
		1 time	1530 (29.41%)
		2–5 times	2338 (44.94%)
		6–10 times	201 (3.86%)
		10 times or above	139 (2.67%)
	Exhaled breath carbon monoxide level (ppm)		15.38 ± 9.82
	Importance index (0 to 10 points)		8.80 ± 1.46
	Confidence index (0 to 10 points)		7.37 ± 1.88
	Preparation degree (0 to 10 points)		8.11 ± 1.73
	Reason to select acupuncture of traditional Chinese medicine	Advertisement	2630 (50.56%)
		Tried before	259 (4.98%)
		Try new method	1503 (28.89%)
		Believe in acupuncture	810 (15.57%)