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Table 2 Changes in quitplan.com participant characteristics (N = 1373)

From: Seizing an opportunity: increasing use of cessation services following a tobacco tax increase

Characteristic

June–August 2012 (n = 478)

June–August 2013 (n = 895)

p-value

N

%

N

%

Gender

0.614

Male

171

35.8

308

34.4

 

Female

307

64.2

587

65.6

 

Education

0.543

Less than high school

17

3.6

31

3.6

 

High school grad or GED

95

20.4

189

21.7

 

Some college/trade school

155

33.3

314

36.1

 

College graduate

199

42.7

337

38.7

 

Race

0.307

White

435

94.8

793

94.1

 

Black or African American

10

2.2

27

3.2

 

Asian

6

1.3

12

1.4

 

Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander

2

0.4

0

0.0

 

American Indian or Alaskan Native

6

1.3

11

1.3

 

Ethnicity

0.427

No

457

98.5

824

97.9

 

Yes

7

1.5

18

2.1

 

Insurance

0.065

Uninsured

120

25.6

191

21.7

 

Medicaid (includes Medical Assistance and Prepaid Medical Assistance Program)

19

4.1

42

4.8

 

Medicare

12

2.6

43

4.9

 

Private

250

53.3

468

53.2

 

Other government (General Assistance or MinnesotaCare)

4

0.9

21

2.4

 

Other; unknown

64

13.6

115

13.1

 

Has health insurance

0.107

No

120

25.6

191

21.7

 

Yes

349

74.4

689

78.3

 

Sexual orientation

0.458

Heterosexual

427

93.0

795

92.3

 

Homosexual

17

3.7

26

3.0

 

Bisexual

10

2.2

24

2.8

 

Transgender

0

0.0

5

0.6

 

Other

5

1.1

11

1.3

 

Cigarettes per day

0.240

None

108

22.6

194

21.7

 

Low (<10)

73

15.3

116

13.0

 

Moderate (10 to 19)

143

29.9

314

35.1

 

Heavy (20+)

154

32.2

271

30.3

 

Time to first cigarette

0.022

Within 5 minutes after waking

112

30.3

219

31.2

 

6 to 30 minutes after waking

131

35.4

300

42.8

 

31 to 60 minutes after waking

86

23.2

117

16.7

 

>60 minutes after waking

41

11.1

65

9.3

 

Quit status at intake

0.529

No; currently using tobacco

382

81.4

728

82.8

 

Yes

87

18.6

151

17.2

 

Quit confidence at intake

0.642

Low (1–5)

194

41.3

340

38.7

 

Moderate (6–8)

189

40.2

372

42.3

 

High (9–10)

87

18.5

167

19.0

 

Quit motivation at intake

0.113

Low (1–5)

44

9.4

83

9.4

 

Moderate (6–8)

222

47.2

365

41.5

 

High (9–10)

204

43.4

431

49.0

 

Employment

0.394

Full-time

297

63.5

589

67.9

 

Part-time

65

13.9

107

12.3

 

Unemployed/laid-off

39

8.3

58

6.7

 

Not looking for work

67

14.3

113

13.0

 

Average age (stddev)

35.4 (11.4)

38.2 (11.6)

0.000