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

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Quitting characteristics and a pattern of motivation in former and current smokers

Characteristics	Total		Former smokers		Current smokers
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total No.	618	100	385	100	233	100
No. of quit attempts
1	172	28	127	33	45	19
2–3	193	31	100	26	93	40
4–10	213	34	142	37	71	30
>10	29	5	11	3	18	8
Missing data	11	2	5	1	6	3
Max. duration of previous abstinence*
<1 week	88	18	30	12	58	25
≤1 week<1 month	99	20	52	20	47	20
≤1 month<1 year	182	37	109	42	73	32
≥1 year	107	22	58	23	49	21
Missing data	15	3	9	3	6	2
Unaided/aided quitting
Unaided	473	77	321	83	152	65
Aided ^y†	145	23	64	17	81	35
NRT	88	14	30	8	55	24
Psychotherapy	16	3	14	4	2	1
Pharmacological treatment	37	6	11	3	26	11
Bioresonance	19	3	8	2	11	5
Other	9	1	6	2	3	1
Way of quitting
Cold turkey	469	76	304	79	165	71
Reduction of cig.	125	20	60	16	65	28
Missing data	24	4	21	5	3	1
Reasons for quitting ^y
Personal health problem	195	32	142	37	53	23
Family member's illness	32	5	20	5	12	5
Physicians's instigation	74	12	49	13	25	11
Somebody else's instigation	70	11	38	10	32	14
Cost	94	15	42	11	52	22
Health concern	354	57	202	52	152	65
Concern about family members' health	97	16	61	16	36	15
Other	75	12	44	11	31	13

*Excluding 127 former smokers who had no previous quit attempts and stopped smoking at the first attempt
^y Multiple choice
^†p = 0.0001 comparing current and former smokers

ISSN: 1471-2458