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Table 1 Characteristics of former, current, ever smokers and quit rates by gender – Global Adult Tobacco Survey Poland 2009–2010

From: Predictors of long-term smoking cessation: results from the global adult tobacco survey in Poland (2009–2010)

Characteristic

Male N = 2141

Female N = 1298

Former smokers N = 811

Current smokers N = 1330

Ever smokers N = 2141

Quit rate# %

Former smokers N = 395

Current smokers N = 903

Ever smokers N = 1298

Quit rate# %

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age (years)

 <25

13 (1.6)

117 (8.8)

130 (6.1)

10.0

11 (2.8)

72 (8.0)

83 (6.4)

13.3

 25–29

32 (3.9)

147 (11.1)

179 (8.4)

17.9

31 (7.8)

96 (10.6)

127 (9.8)

24.4

 30–39

93 (11.5)

307 (23.1)

400 (18.7)

23.3

75 (19.0)

171 (18.9)

246 (19.0)

30.5

 40–49

137 (16.9)

303 (22.8)

440 (20.6)

31.1

62 (15.7)

220 (24.4)

282 (21.7)

22.0

 50–59

168 (20.7)

282 (21.2)

450 (21.0)

37.3

98 (24.8)

246 (27.2)

344 (26.5)

28.5

 ≥60

368 (45.4)

174 (13.1)

542 (25.3)

67.9

118 (29.9)

98 (10.9)

216 (16.6)

54.6

Age at smoking onset

 ≤17

315 (38.8)

548 (41.2)

863 (40.3)

36.5

95 (24.1)

262 (29.0)

357 (27.5)

26.6

 18–20

362 (44.6)

551 (41.4)

913 (42.6)

39.6

194 (49.1)

400 (44.3)

594 (45.8)

32.7

 ≥21

134 (16.5)

231 (17.4)

365 (17.0)

36.7

106 (26.8)

241 (26.7)

347 (26.7)

30.5

Education

 primary

202 (24.9)

203 (15.3)

405 (18.9)

49.9

55 (13.9)

112 (12.4)

167 (12.9)

32.9

 vocational

264 (32.6)

584 (43.9)

848 (39.6)

31.1

100 (25.3)

257 (28.5)

357 (27.5)

28.0

 secondary

257 (31.7)

428 (32.2)

685 (32.0)

37.5

163 (41.3)

399 (44.2)

562 (43.3)

29.0

 high

88 (10.9)

115 (8.6)

203 (9.5)

43.3

77 (19.5)

135 (15.0)

212 (16.3)

36.3

Occupational classification

 non-economically active

425 (52.4)

327 (24.6)

752 (35.1)

56.5

217 (54.9)

355 (39.3)

572 (44.1)

37.9

 employed

355 (43.8)

864 (65.0)

1219 (56.9)

29.1

155 (39.2)

488 (54.0)

643 (49.5)

24.1

 unemployed. currently with no permanent job

27 (3.3)

137 (10.3)

164 (7.7)

16.5

22 (5.6)

59 (6.5)

81 (6.2)

27.2

Place of residence

 rural

456 (56.2)

690 (51.9)

1146 (53.5)

39.8

169 (42.8)

364 (40.3)

533 (41.1)

31.7

urban

 up to 50 000

151 (18.6)

234 (17.6)

385 (18.0)

39.2

83 (21.0)

158 (17.5)

241 (18.6)

34.4

 50 000–200 000

80 (9.9)

176 (13.2)

256 (12.0)

31.3

63 (15.9)

163 (18.1)

226 (17.4)

27.9

 over 200 000

124 (15.3)

230 (17.3)

354 (16.5)

35.0

80 (20.3)

218 (24.1)

298 (23.0)

26.8

Religiosity

 believer practicing regularly

441 (54.4)

483 (36.3)

924 (43.2)

47.7

198 (50.1)

327 (36.2)

525 (40.4)

37.7

 believer but practicing not regularly

220 (27.1)

481 (36.2)

701 (32.7)

31.4

127 (32.2)

364 (40.3)

491 (37.8)

25.9

 believer but not practicing

98 (12.1)

287 (21.6)

385 (18.0)

25.5

50 (12.7)

160 (17.7)

210 (16.2)

23.8

 not religious

28 (3.5)

53 (4.0)

81 (3.8)

34.6

8 (2.0)

28 (3.1)

36 (2.8)

22.2

Awareness of smoking health consequences

 yes

774 (95.4)

1081 (81.3)

1855 (86.6)

41.7

374 (94.7)

742 (82.2)

1116 (86.0)

33.5

 no

14 (1.7)

160 (12.0)

174 (8.1)

8.0

8 (2.0)

78 (8.6)

86 (6.6)

9.3

  1. #Quit rates = no. former smokers/no. ever smokers x100.