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Table 2 Results of the Fagerström test for compliant and non-compliant smokers

From: Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

  Nicotine dependence (Fagerström Score)*
  minimally dependent moderately dependent heavily dependent total
  frequency percentage
(95% CI) 		frequency percentage
(95% CI) 		frequency percentage
(95% CI) 		frequency
compliant† 42 61
(49 – 72) 		23 33
(23 – 45) 		4 6
(2.3 – 14) 		69
non-compliant† 13 41
(25 – 58) 		15 47
(31 – 64) 		4 12
(5 – 28) 		32
  1. *Chi-square (linear-by-linear association) = 3.860, p = 0.049
  2. †Those respondents who reported smoking were divided into compliant smokers and non-compliant smokers on the basis of their response to the question "When I am working at Addenbrooke's Hospital, I smoke on the site: More than twice a day/Once or twice a day/Once a week/Once a month/Never." Those who choose the answer "Never" were considered to be compliant.
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