Table 3 Smoking history of prisoners who intended/not intended to quit smoking
From: Prisoners and cigarettes or ‘imprisoned in cigarettes’? What helps prisoners quit smoking?
Characteristics | Intention to quit smoking | No intention to quit smoking | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
Cigarettes/day | 26.8 | 13.1 | 30.5 | 13.4 | 27.8 | 13.2 |
Years of smoking | 18.7 | 12.8 | 19.1 | 12.3 | 18.8 | 12.6 |
Pack/Years (PYS) | 23.2 | 20 | 26.8 | 19.4 | 24.1 | 19.8 |
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Smoking initiation at | ||||||
≤14 | 61 | (53.5) | 34 | (85) | 95 | (61.7) |
15-20 | 40 | (35.1) | 2 | (5) | 42 | (27.3) |
≥21 | 13 | (11.4) | 4 | (10) | 17 | (11) |
Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire | ||||||
high dependence | 72 | (63.15) | 28 | (70) | 100 | (64.9) |
average dependence | 27 | (23.7) | 9 | (22.5) | 36 | (23.4) |
low dependence | 15 | (13.15) | 3 | (7.5) | 18 | (11.7) |
Smoking habits in prison | ||||||
increased | 39 | (34.2) | 19 | (47.5) | 58 | (37.65) |
decreased | 36 | (31.6) | 10 | (25) | 46 | (29.9) |
remained the same | 39 | (34.2) | 11 | (27.5) | 50 | (32.45) |
Previous attempts to quit smoking | 30 | (26.3) | 6 | (15) | 36 | (23.4) |
Current attempts to quit smoking | 114 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 114 | (74) |
Yes, smoking harms health | 112 | (98.2) | 36 | (90) | 148 | (96.1) |