From: Prisoners and cigarettes or ‘imprisoned in cigarettes’? What helps prisoners quit smoking?
Characteristics | p-value | Ex-smokers | Smokers | Total | |||
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n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Age when they started smoking | |||||||
≤14 | ns | 7 | (30.45) | 54 | (59.3) | 61 | (53.5) |
15-20 | ns | 11 | (47.8) | 29 | (31.9) | 40 | (35.1) |
≥21 | .032 | 5 | (21.75) | 8 | (8.8) | 13 | (11.4) |
Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire | |||||||
high dependence (7–10) | ns | 6 | (26.1) | 66 | (72.5) | 72 | (63.15) |
average dependence (4–6) | <.001 | 13 | (56.5) | 14 | (15.4) | 27 | (23.7) |
low dependence (0–3) | ns | 4 | (17.4) | 11 | (12.1) | 15 | (13.15) |
Smoking habits in prison | |||||||
increased | ns | 7 | (30.4) | 32 | (35.15) | 39 | (34.2) |
decreased | .001 | 14 | (60.9) | 22 | (24.15) | 36 | (31.6) |
the same | ns | 2 | (8.7) | 37 | (40.7) | 39 | (34.2) |
Previous attempts to quit smoking | |||||||
no | ns | 10 | (43.5) | 74 | (81.3) | 84 | (73.7) |
yes | .001 | 13 | (56.5) | 17 | (18.7) | 27 | (26.3) |
Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | ||
Cigarettes/day | .006 | 20.2 | 8.5 | 28.5 | 13.6 | 26.8 | 13.1 |