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Table 4 Association between stop-smoking medications and abstinence among respondents that made at least one quit attempt (n = 955)

From: The use of cessation assistance among smokers from China: Findings from the ITC China Survey

Covariates

OR

95% CI

P level

Sex

   

Male

1.00

-

 

Female

1.39

0.54 - 3.56

0.50

Age

   

18-39

1.00

-

 

40-54

2.06

1.14 - 3.72

0.02

55+

3.07

1.63 - 5.78

<0.001

Income

   

Low

1.00

-

 

Middle

1.97

0.95 - 4.11

0.07

High

3.62

1.68 - 7.78

0.001

No answer

1.18

0.40 - 3.49

0.77

Education

   

Low

1.00

-

 

Middle

0.50

0.26 - 0.97

0.04

High

0.29

0.14 - 0.62

0.001

Cigarettes smoked/day

   

0-10

1.00

-

 

11-20

0.64

0.40 - 1.02

0.06

21-30

0.51

0.19 - 1.42

0.20

31+

0.63

0.26 - 1.55

0.32

Prior Attempts

   

None

1.00

-

 

Once

0.99

0.61 - 1.62

0.98

2-5 times

0.87

0.25 - 3.12

0.84

6-10 times

1.17

0.42 - 3.23

0.76

Cessation assistance

   

No assistance

1.00

-

 

NRT or Zyban

0.11

0.03 - 0.46

0.002

Used traditional Chinese

medicine or acupuncture

0.61

0.15 - 2.43

0.48