Patterns of motivations and ways of quitting smoking among Polish smokers: A questionnaire study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Characteristic of the study population by the smoking status

Characteristic	Total		Former smokers		Current smokers
	N/	%/mean	N	%/mean	N	%/mean
Total No.	618	100	385	62	233	38
Age
<30 yrs.	-	52.0 ± 13.0	-	54.9 ± 13.0	-	47.2 ± 11.5
30–50 yrs.	29	5	14	4	15	6
51–70 yrs.	244	39	121	31	123	53
>70 yrs	291	47	201	52	90	39
Gender	54	9	49	13	5	2
Female	248	40	136	35	112	48
Male	370	60	249	65	121	52
Marital status
Unmarried	145	23	81	21	64	27
Married	461	75	295	77	166	71
Missing data	12	2	9	2	3	1
Education level
Primary/Vocational	233	37	115	30	118	51
High/University	380	61	267	69	113	48
Missing data	5	1	3	1	2	1
Standard of living
Low	61	9	39	10	22	9
Intermediate	355	58	209	54	146	63
High/excellent	191	31	131	34	60	26
Missing data	11	2	6	2	5	2
Type of work
Blue collar	300	48	154	40	146	63
White collar	257	42	190	49	67	29
Other	28	5	17	4	11	5
Missing data	33	5	24	6	9	4
Duration of smoking	-	23.2 ± 11.6	-	23.0 ± 12.2	-	23.5 ± 10.5
No. of cig/day	-	18.6 ± 8.7	-	19.7 ± 9.0	-	16.9 ± 8.0
1–10	143	23	72	19	71	30
11–19	102	17	60	16	42	18
≥ 20	371	59	253	66	118	51
Missing data	2	1	0	0	2	1
No. of pack/years	-	22.6 ± 17.0	-	24.2 ± 18.2	-	20.0 ± 14.3
< 20	287	45	166	43	121	52
20–39	231	37	145	38	86	37
40–60	73	12	53	14	20	8
> 60	23	4	19	5	4	2
Missing data	4	2	2	1	2	1

ISSN: 1471-2458