Methods Used in Smoking Cessation and Reduction Attempts: Findings from Help-Seeking Smokers
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of smokers planning to quit smoking or reduce their cigarette consumption recruited from quit line and web page for smoking cessation, 2013–2017 ().
Analytical sample 16–81 years ()
%
Gender
Male
213
28.7
Female
527
71.3
Age group (years)
16–29
118
16.0
30–49
379
51.3
50–81
242
32.8
Education
Low level
332
44.9
High level
408
55.1
Smoking status
Daily
624
84.3
Occasional
116
15.7
Former
—
—
Never
—
—
Former/never
Snus use status
Daily
65
8.8
Occasional
61
8.2
Former
104
14.1
Never
510
68.9
Recruited from
Website
639
86.4
Quit line
101
13.7
Current plan
Reduce smoking
126
17.0
Quit smoking
614
83.0
No plan
—
—
Refuse to answer
—
—
Cigarettes per week (CPW)
<20
100
13.9
21–70
204
28.3
71+
416
57.8
Previous quit attempts last 12 months
0
100
13.5
1
319
43.2
2+
320
43.3
Number of cessation methods used in addition to quit line/website1
0
187
25.3
1
325
43.9
2
158
21.4
3+
70
9.5
NRT (4 items)
190
26.0
E-cigarettes (1 item)
192
26.0
Cessation app (2 items)
271
36.6
Snus (1 item)
55
7.4
Cessation medication (2 items)
75
10.1
Social media (1 item)
55
7.4
Other cessation websites
47
6.4
10 refers to those who answered no use of any of the listed smoking cessation methods.
