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

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

	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

*Chi-square (linear-by-linear association) = 3.860, p = 0.049
†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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