Table 3 Comparison between EP participants and non-EP participants smokers

Sociodemographic variables

Age

299

16,9

1,0

66

17,1

1,0

0,18

Sex

0,02

  Male

248

78,2

63

90,0

  Female

69

21,8

7

10,0

Area of learning

0,01

  BPW^£

195

62,3

56

81,2

  Catering industry

61

19,5

6

8,7

  Personal services

57

18,2

7

10,1

Cannabis consumption

160

52,3

43

63,2

0,10

Smoking behaviour

Age at first cigarette

284

12,1

2,0

60

12,0

2,1

0,68

Age at which smoking became a daily occurrence

262

13,7

1,6

60

13,7

1,7

0,97

Current number of cigarettes/day

294

12,9

8,8

69

13,7

6,6

0,51

Motivation for quitting smoking (scale: 0 to 10)

147

3,1

2,9

24

4,0

3,9

0,19

Chances of succeeding (scale: 0 to 10)

146

4,2

3,2

24

5,0

2,7

0,27

HONC score

283

6,2

2,8

66

7,1

2,5

0,02

Type of smoking behaviour

0,03

  Daily

127

85,8

24

100

  Casual

21

14,2

Heavy smokers (>10 cig/d)

46,2

40

58,8

0,06

Number of attempts to quit smoking

0.50

  Never

97

42,9

9

23,1

  Once

65

28,8

12

30,8

  2 to 3 times

53

23,5

17

43,6

  4 to 5 times

7

3,1

1

2,6

  More than 5 times

4

1,8

Physician consultations about quitting smoking

2

1,3

1

4,2

0,32

Use of a nicotine substitute to quit smoking

8

5,4

3

12,5

0,19

Intention to quit smoking within the next six months

58

26,5

21

55,6

0,04