Table 2 Comparison of the frequency of use of three ICTs (email, sms and the web pages) according to sociodemographic variables and tobacco consumption of the participants in the study “Usage profile of ICTs”

Participants

1725

599

(34.7)

267

(15.5)

859

(49.8)

492

(28.5)

267

(15.5)

966

(56.0)

Gender (N = 1725)

<0.001

<0.001

 Male

865

(50.1)

337

(56.3)

135

(50.6)

393

(45.8)

279

(56.7)

124

(46.4)

462

(47.8)

 Female

860

(49.9)

262

(43.7)

132

(49.4)

466

(54.2)

213

(43.3)

143

(53.6)

504

(52.2)

Age (years) (N = 1725)

45.5 ± 13.6

54.4 ± 12.2

42.3 ± 12.2

40.3 ± 11.8

<0.001

56.0 ± 11.9

45.2 ± 11.9

40.3 ± 11.8

<0.001

Age group

<0.001

<0.001

 18-35

451

(26.1)

42

(7.0)

87

(32.6)

322

(37.5)

25

(5.0)

57

(21.3)

369

(38.2)

 36-45

402

(23.3)

87

(14.5)

66

(24.7)

249

(29.0)

65

(13.2)

70

(26.2)

267

(27.6)

 46-65

733

(42.5)

355

(59.3)

107

(40.1)

271

(31.5)

293

(59.6)

132

(49.4)

308

(31.9)

 >65

139

(8.1)

115

(19.2)

7

(2.6)

17

(2.0)

109

(22.2)

8

(3.0)

22

(2.3)

Social class (N = 1658)

<0.001

<0.001

 Most favored/NM

672

(40.5)

101

(18.1)

78

(29.9)

493

(58.8)

81

(17.7)

80

(31.1)

511

(54.2)

 Disadventaged-M

986

(59.5)

458

(81.9)

183

(70.1)

345

(41.2)

377

(82.3)

177

(68.9)

432

(45.8)

Educational level (N = 1723)

<0.001

<0.001

 <Secondary

819

(47.5)

439

(51.7)

138

(51.7)

242

(28.2)

381

(77.4)

126

(47.2)

312

(32.4)

 ≥Secondary/Higher

904

(52.5)

129

(48.3)

129

(48.3)

615

(71.8)

111

(22.6)

141

(52.8)

652

(67.6)

Num. Cigarettes/ day

15.4 ± 9.3

16.9 ± 10.4

15.3 ± 8.7

14.4 ± 8.4

<0.001

17.2 ± 10.9

14.7 ± 8.1

14.7 ± 8.6

<0.001

Age of initiation consumption

17.2 ± 4.5

18.0 ± 6.0

16.5 ± 3.2

16.9 ± 3.6

<0.001

18.3 ± 6.3

16.9 ± 3.9

16.8 ± 3.5

<0.001

Fagerström test

2.4 ± 1.6

2.6 ± 1.7

2.4 ± 1.6

2.1 ± 1.6

<0.001

2.6 ± 1.7

2.4 ± 1.5

2.2 ± 1.6

<0.001

Attempts smoking cessation

2.2 ± 2.4

2.1 ± 2.3

2.2 ± 2.4

2.3 ± 2.5

0.182

2.1 ± 2.3

2.1 ± 2.4

2.3 ± 2.5

0.185

Total

Don’t use sms

Low use of sms

Mid/high use of sms

P -value

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

448

(26.0)

400

(23.2)

877

(50.8)

Gender (N = 1725)

<0.001

 Male

865

(50.1)

305

(68.1)

199

(49.8)

361

(41.2)

 Female

860

(49.9)

143

(31.9)

201

(50.3)

516

(58.8)

Age (years) (N = 1725)

45.5 ± 13.6

54.4 ± 12.3

47.3 ± 11.9

39.7 ± 11.8

<0.001

Age group

<0.001

 18-35

451

(26.1)

32

(7.1)

66

(16.5)

353

(40.3)

 36-45

402

(23.3)

52

(11.6)

100

(25.0)

250

(28.5)

 46-65

733

(42.5)

272

(60.7)

209

(52.3)

252

(28.7)

 >65

139

(8.1)

92

(20.5)

25

(6.3)

22

(2.5)

Social class (N = 1658)

<0.001

 Most favored/NM

672

(40.5)

102

(24.3)

142

(36.8)

428

(50.2)

 Disadventaged-M

986

(59.5)

317

(75.7)

244

(63.2)

425

(49.8)

Educational level (N = 1723)

<0.001

 <Secondary

819

(47.5)

302

(67.4)

205

(51.3)

312

(35.7)

 ≥Secondary/Higher

904

(52.5)

146

(32.6)

195

(48.8)

563

(64.3)

Num. Cigarettes/ day

15.4 ± 9.3

16.7 ± 10.9

16.0 ± 9.3

14.4 ± 8.3

<0.001

Age of initiation consumption

17.2 ± 4.5

17.9 ± 5.7

17.3 ± 4.8

16.8 ± 3.7

<0.001

Fagerström test

2.4 ± 1.6

2.5 ± 1.7

2.4 ± 1.6

2.2 ± 1.6

0.003

Attempts smoking cessation

2.2 ± 2.4

2.2 ± 2.4

2.1 ± 2.2

2.3 ± 2.5

0.755