Epidemiologic Determinants Affecting Cigarette Smoking Cessation: A Retrospective Study in a National Health System (SSN) Treatment Service in Rome (Italy)

Table 1

Sociodemographic and epidemiological features of population in study.

Sociodemographic and epidemiological features of population in study	Smokers^§ (n = 65)		Abstinents^§ (n = 58)		Total (n = 123)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Gender
male	18	43.9%	23	56.1%	41	33.3%
female	47	57.3%	35	42.7%	82	66.7%
Age groups
≤40	11	57.9%	8	42.1%	19	15.4%
41–50	25	67.6%	12	32.4%	37	30.1%
51–60	13	41.9%	18	58.1%	31	25.2%
>60	16	44.4%	20	55.6%	36	29.3%
mean (SD)	51.5 (11)		54.3 (11.2)		52.8 (11.2)	*
median (min-max)	48 (33–76)		54.5 (29–76)		52 (29–76)	*
Information sources about treatment service
friends/relatives	23	54.8%	19	45.2%	42	34.1%
brochures edited by local health service	13	46.4%	15	53.6%	28	22.8%
medical staff	7	43.8%	9	56.3%	16	13.0%
other	15	68.2%	7	31.8%	22	17.9%
missing information	6	40.0%	9	60.0%	15	12.2%
Occupation
employee	32	58.2%	23	41.8%	55	44.7%
freelancer	6	60.0%	4	40.0%	10	8.1%
retired	14	43.8%	18	56.3%	32	26.0%
other	13	50.0%	13	50.0%	26	21.1%
Education level
primary	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	2	1.6%
secondary	12	46.2%	14	53.8%	26	21.1%
high	35	53.8%	30	46.2%	65	52.8%
degree	17	56.7%	13	43.3%	30	24.4%
Marital status
single	20	66.7%	10	33.3%	30	24.4%
married/live-in partner	25	43.9%	32	56.1%	57	46.3%
legally separated/divorced	17	68.0%	8	32.0%	25	20.3%
widow	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	11	8.9%
BMI
<20	5	62.5%	3	37.5%	8	6.5%
≥20 e <25	30	52.6%	27	47.4%	57	46.3%
≥25 e <30	26	56.5%	20	43.5%	46	37.4%
≥30	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	7	5.7%
missing information	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	5	4.1%
mean (SD)	24.0 (3.3)		24.7 (3,3)		24.3 (3.3)
median (min-max)	24.1 (18.4–32.1)		24.7 (17.7–34)		24.2 (17.7–34)
Sports activity
no	35	56.5%	27	43.5%	62	50.4%
rarely	8	57.1%	6	42.9%	14	11.4%
daily	13	50.0%	13	50.0%	26	21.1%
missing information	9	42.9%	12	57.1%	21	17.1%
Illness and/or risk factors (more factors for each patient)
cardiovascular	37	56.9%	28	43.1%	65	*
respiratory	44	61.1%	28	38.9%	72	*
gastric	21	56.8%	16	43.2%	37	*
psychiatric	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	8	*
other	15	50.0%	15	50.0%	30	*
missing information	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	11	*
Principal reason to stop smoking (more factors for each patient)
Health	22	32.4%	46	67.6%	68	*
External pressure	8	32.0%	17	68.0%	25	*
Self-esteem	10	41.7%	14	58.3%	24	*
Economic	7	46.7%	8	53.3%	15	*
Other	9	30.0%	21	70.0%	30	*
Coffee use
≤2	21	65.6%	11	34.4%	32	26.0%
>2 e ≤4	24	46.2%	28	53.8%	52	42.3%
>4	20	51.3%	19	48.7%	39	31.7%
Alcohol consuption
yes	23	53.5%	20	46.5%	43	35.0%
no	42	52.5%	38	47.5%	80	65.0%

^xat 6 months after the end of the course.