Research Article
Spontaneous Smoking Cessation in Parents
Table 1
Parents who reported quitting spontaneously vs. those who did not quit vs. those who reported planned quitting (total
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| | Characteristic | Overall sample () | Spontaneous quits (, 7.4%), (%) | Not quit (, 86.3%), (%) | Planned quit (, 6.3%), (%) | value (spontaneous quit vs. not quit) | value (spontaneous quit vs. planned quit) |
| | Demographics | | | | | | | | Age | | | | | 0.204 | 0.726 | | 18-24 years | 164 (24) | 17 (34) | 135 (23) | 12 (28) | | | | 25-44 years | 459 (68) | 30 (60) | 402 (68) | 27 (63) | | | | ≥45 years | 57 (8) | 3 (6) | 50 (9) | 4 (9) | | | | Gender | | | | | 0.70 | 0.940 | | Male | 136 (20) | 9 (18) | 119 (20) | 8 (19) | | | | Female | 544 (80) | 41 (82) | 468 (80) | 35 (81) | | | | Race and ethnicity | | | | | 0.131 | 0.518 | | Hispanic | 85 (13) | 10 (20) | 71 (12) | 4 (9) | | | | Non-Hispanic White | 443 (66) | 30 (60) | 381 (65) | 32 (74) | | | | Non-Hispanic Black or African American | 118 (17) | 6 (12) | 107 (18) | 5 (12) | | | | Non-Hispanic others | 29 (4) | 4 (8) | 23 (4) | 2 (5) | | | | Education | | | | | 0.886 | 0.405 | | <High school | 95 (14) | 6 (12) | 85 (15) | 4 (10) | | | | High school graduate | 299 (44) | 24 (48) | 260 (44) | 15 (36) | | | | Some college | 181 (27) | 14 (28) | 154 (26) | 13 (31) | | | | College graduate | 103 (15) | 6 (12) | 87 (15) | 10 (24) | | | | Youngest child’s age | | | | | 0.705 | 0.410 | | <1 year | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | | | | 1-4 years | 102 (15) | 7 (14) | 86 (15) | 9 (21) | | | | 5-9 years | 70 (10) | 7 (14) | 60 (10) | 3 (7) | | | | ≥10 years | 507 (75) | 36 (72) | 441 (75) | 30 (70) | | | | Child’s insurance coverage | | | | | 0.911 | 0.879 | | Medicaid | 427 (63) | 33 (66) | 368 (63) | 26 (60) | | | | Private insurance/HMO | 204 (30) | 15 (30) | 175 (30) | 14 (33) | | | | Other/self-pay | 44 (7) | 2 (4) | 39 (7) | 3 (7) | | | | Smoking-related characteristics at baseline | | | | | | | | Frequency of smoking | | | | | 0.000 | 0.756 | | Everyday | 569 (84) | 31 (62) | 510 (87) | 28 (65) | | | | Some days | 111 (16) | 19 (38) | 77 (13) | 15 (35) | | | | # cigarettes/day | | | | | 0.011 | 0.441 | | 1-10 cigarettes/day | 440 (65) | 40 (80) | 364 (62) | 36 (84) | | | | >10 cigarettes/day | 240 (35) | 10 (20) | 223 (38) | 7 (16) | | | | Quit readiness | | | | | | | | Consider quitting in 6 months | 491 (75) | 34 (72) | 417 (73) | 40 (93) | 0.888 | 0.010 | | Seriously planning to quit in 30 days | 292 (61) | 21 (64) | 241 (59) | 30 (77) | 0.619 | 0.014 | | Quit attempt in the past 3 months | | | | | 0.390 | 0.041 | | Yes | 335 (50) | 27 (54) | 276 (48) | 32 (74) | | | | No | 337 (50) | 23 (46) | 303 (52) | 11 (26) | | | | Someone had smoked in their home and car in the past 3 months | | | | | 0.000 | 0.565 | | Yes | 502 (80) | 24 (56) | 455 (83) | 23 (62) | | | | No | 128 (20) | 19 (44) | 95 (17) | 14 (38) | | | | Visit-related questions | | | | | | | | Asked about smoking | 149 (22) | 10 (20) | 128 (22) | 11 (26) | 0.748 | 0.521 | | Advised to quit smoking | 80 (12) | 5 (10) | 70 (12) | 5 (12) | 0.673 | 0.801 | | Discussed medicine to help quit smoking | 16 (2) | 3 (6) | 12 (2) | 1 (2) | 0.079 | 0.384 | | Discussed programs to help quit smoking | 4 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0.554 | n/a |
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