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

Table 2

Smoking habits of population in study.

Smoking habits of population in study	Smokers^§ (𝑛= 65)		Abstinents^§ (𝑛 = 58)		Total (𝑛 = 123)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Cigarettes per day
heavy smoker (≥20)	51	58.0%	37	42.0%	88	71.5%
light smoker (<20)	14	40.0%	21	60.0%	35	28.5%
mean (SD)	25.8 (11.5)		22.4 (11.1)		24.2 (11.4)	*
Age of first use of cigarettes
early smoker (<15aa.)	9	56.3%	7	43.8%	16	13.0%
late smoker (≥15aa.)	56	52.3%	51	47.7%	107	87.0%
mean (SD)	18.8 (4.8)		19.2 (5.1)		19.0 (4.9)	*
Years of addiction
<20	7	53.8%	6	46.2%	13	10.6%
≥20	58	52.7%	52	47.3%	110	89.4%
mean (SD)	31.6 (9.7)		33.2 (11.0)		32.3 (10.3)	*
Quit smoking attempts
none	24	60.0%	16	40.0%	40	32.5%
one or more	41	49.4%	42	50.6%	83	67.5%
by oneself	22	38.6%	35	61.4%	57	*
group therapy	8	61.5%	5	38.5%	13	*
other	11	52.4%	10	47.6%	21	*
mean abstinence in months (SD)	9.2 (12.7)		20.3 (33.9)		16.6 (30.2)	*
Fagerstrom test
0–2 (low)	4	33.3%	8	66.7%	12	9.8%
3-4 (medium)	14	48.3%	15	51.7%	29	23.6%
5-6 (high)	22	52.4%	20	47.6%	42	34.1%
7–10 (very high)	25	65.8%	13	34.2%	38	30.9%
mean (SD)	5.9 (2.2)		4.9 (2,3)		5.4 (2,3)	*
Living with other smokers
no	40	57.1%	30	42.9%	70	56.9%
yes	25	47.2%	28	52.8%	53	43.1%
Smokers in the family
no	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	9	*
smoking father	29	49.2%	30	50.8%	59	*
others	27	54.0%	23	46.0%	50	*

^xat 6 months after the end of the course.