Research Article

A Population-Level Assessment of Smoking Cessation following a Diagnosis of Tobacco- or Nontobacco-Related Cancer among United States Adults

Table 1

Sociodemographic and tobacco use characteristics at baseline: Population Assessment of Tobacco or Health survey.

CategoriesRaw (7,286)Weighted (40,968,509)Weighted % (95% confidence interval)

Age18-545,87432,096,41478.4 (77.1-79.5)
54+1,4108,862,09521.6 (20.5-22.9)
SexFemale3,71618,545,87345.3 (44.1-46.5)
Male3,57022,423,05854.7 (53.5-56.0)
Modified Charlson-Deyo score0 (healthy)4,79626,550,30465.0 (63.6-66.3)
1+ (comorbid)2,46914,310,10435.0 (33.7-36.4)
Body mass index (BMI)Under/normal weight2,64614,986,55636.6 (35.2-38.0)
Overweight/obese4,64025,982,37563.4 (62.0-64.8)
Marital statusNever married2,73914,567,37235.7 (34.2-37.2)
Married2,54114,745,48936.1 (34.7-37.6)
Divorced/separated/widowed1,98011,512,98628.2 (27.0-29.5)
RaceWhite non-Hispanic4,71028,239,69670.0 (68.8-71.2)
Black non-Hispanic1,0375,272,51413.1 (12.3-13.9)
Hispanic9454,517,03511.2 (10.5-11.9)
Other4882,310,7455.7 (5.2-6.3)
Census regionNortheast1,0627,147,99717.5 (15.6-19.0)
Midwest2,07410,049,18024.5 (22.9-26.2)
South2,81416,273,53239.7 (37.8-41.7)
West1,3367,498,22118.3 (16.7-20.0)
Poverty statusBelow poverty level3,13115,986,30040.0 (38.3-41.7)
At or above poverty level4,00423,976,96660.0 (58.3-61.7)
Highest level of educationDid not finish high school1,2516,475,52415.9 (15.1-16.7)
High school or some college5,23629,638,42272.7 (71.7-73.7)
College or more7734,666,14411.4 (10.7-12.2)
Prior attempts to quitNone3,73521,485,23952.4 (51.0-53.8)
One or more3,55119,483,69247.6 (46.2-49.0)
Other tobacco useNo5,26229,878,02576.3 (75.0-77.5)
Yes1,7159,281,60623.7 (22.5-25.0)
Time to first cigarette from waking (minutes)Less than 51,6499,324,79123.1 (21.8-24.4)
6-302,68314,966,35437.0 (35.8-38.2)
31-601,3137,441,15518.4 (17.4-19.4)
60 or more1,5578,699,45321.5 (20.3-22.8)
Cancer diagnosis (Waves II or III)Nontobacco-related cancer69391,8911.0 (0.7-1.3)
Tobacco-related cancer103582,4841.4 (1.1-1.8)
No cancer diagnosis7,05839,663,08397.6 (97.1-98.0)

Note: data missing for age category (), modified Charlson-Deyo score (), marital status (), race (), poverty level (), education (), other tobacco product use (), time to first cigarette (), and cancer diagnosis ().