Table 3 Quitting advice and attempts among daily smokers
From: Patterns of nicotine dependence in four Eastern European countries
Poland | Romania | Russia | Ukraine | |||||||||
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N = 1939 | Not-heavily dependent smokers | Heavily dependent smokers | N = 867 | Not-heavily dependent smokers | Heavily dependent smokers | N = 3558 | Not-heavily dependent smokers | Heavily dependent smokers | N = 1865 | Not-heavily dependent smokers | Heavily dependent smokers | |
n = 1405 (72.4 %) | n =534 (27.6 %) | n = 647 (74.6 %) | n = 220 (25.4 %) | n = 2509 (70.5 %) | n = 1049 (29.5 %) | n = 1382 (74.1 %) | n =483 (25.9 %) | |||||
Quit attempts during the past 12 months | ||||||||||||
Yes | 568 | 430 (30.6 %) | 138 (25.8 %) | 301 | 228 (35.3 %) | 73 (33.2 %) | 949 | 694 (27.7 %) | 255 (24.3 %)a | 582 | 439 (31.8 %) | 143 (29.6 %) |
No | 1371 | 975 (69.4 %) | 396 (74.2 %) | 564 | 417 (64.7 %) | 147 (66.8 %) | 2605 | 1812 (72.3 %) | 793 (75.7 %) | 1282 | 942 (68.2 %) | 340 (70.4 %) |
Visited healthcare provider in the last year | ||||||||||||
Yes | 1171 | 859 (61.2 %) | 312 (58.4 %) | 439 | 341 (52.7 %) | 98 (44.5 %)a | 1810 | 1300 (36.7 %) | 510 (48.9 %)c | 506 | 396 (27.1 %) | 110 (22.8 %) |
No | 767 | 545 (38.8 %) | 222 (41.6 %) | 428 | 306 (47.3 %) | 122 (55.5 %) | 1736 | 1201 (63.3 %) | 535 (51.1 %) | 1358 | 985 (72.9 %) | 372 (7725 %) |
Healthcare provider asked if smoking tobaccod | ||||||||||||
Yes | 733 | 521 (60.7 %) | 212 (68.2 %)a | 374 | 296 (86.8 %) | 78 (79.6 %) | 864 | 590 (45.4 %) | 274 (53.7 %)c | 234 | 179 (45.2 %) | 55 (50.0 %) |
No | 436 | 337 (39.3 %) | 99 (31.8 %) | 65 | 45 (13.2 %) | 20 (20.4 %) | 946 | 713 (54.6 %) | 236 (46.3 %) | 272 | 217 (54.8 %) | 55 (50.0 %) |
Healthcare provider advised quittinge | ||||||||||||
Yes | 578 | 400 (77.1 %) | 178 (84.0 %)a | 318 | 251 (84.8 %) | 67 (85.9 %) | 656 | 442 (75.2 %) | 214 (78.4 %) | 183 | 138 (77.1 %) | 45 (81.8 %) |
No | 153 | 119 (22.9 %) | 34 (16.0 %) | 56 | 45 (15.2 %) | 11 (14.1 %) | 205 | 146 (24.8 %) | 59 (21.6 %) | 51 | 41 (22.9 %) | 10 (18.2 %) |
Thinking about quiting | ||||||||||||
Within the next month | 169 | 138 (11.1 %) | 31 (6.4 %)b | 62 | 49 (8.0 %) | 13 (6.1 %) | 85 | 66 (2.9 %) | 19 (1.9 %) | 94 | 70 (5.5 %) | 24 (5.2 %) |
Within the next 12 month | 435 | 347 (27.9 %) | 88 (18.2 %)c | 137 | 114 (18.5 %) | 23 (10.7 %)b | 277 | 219 (9.5 %) | 58 (5.9 %)c | 306 | 250 (19.6 %) | 56 (12.1 %)c |
Someday but not within the next 12 month | 367 | 251 (20.2 %) | 116 (24.0 %) | 336 | 252 (41.0 %) | 84 (39.3 %) | 1491 | 1143 (49.6 %) | 348 (35.5 %)c | 784 | 603 (47.3 %) | 181 (39.2 %)c |
Not interested in quitting | 757 | 509 (40.9 %) | 248 (51.3 %)c | 294 | 200 (32.5 %) | 94 (43.9 %)b | 1432 | 878 (38.1 %) | 554 (56.6 %)c | 552 | 351 (27.6 %) | 201 (43.5 %)c |