Comparator (n = 43) | Intervention (n = 44) | |||
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N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Age | ||||
Mean (SD) {Min-Max} | 53.6 (15.1) {17–80} | 55.1 (12.9) {24–92} | ||
Gender | ||||
Female | 23 | (53.5) | 22 | (50.0) |
Male | 20 | (46.5) | 22 | (50.0) |
Self-rated ability to use the internet | ||||
Excellent | 9 | (20.9) | 10 | (22.7) |
Good | 15 | (34.9) | 21 | (47.7) |
Fair | 16 | (37.2) | 11 | (25.0) |
Poor | 3 | (7.0) | 2 | (4.5) |
Bad | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
Internet use | ||||
At least once a day | 26 | (60.5) | 28 | (63.6) |
Several times a week | 17 | (39.5) | 10 | (22.7) |
Once a week | 0 | 0 | 3 | (6.8) |
Less than once a week | 0 | 0 | 3 | (6.8) |
Ethnicity | ||||
White- English/ Welsh/ Scottish/ Northern Irish/ British | 39 | (90.7) | 41 | (93.2) |
White- Any other White background | 2 | (4.7) | 2 | (4.5) |
Mixed | 1 | (2.3) | 0 | 0 |
Asian - Pakistani | 0 | 0 | 1 | (2.3) |
Black - Caribbean | 1 | (2.3) | 0 | 0 |
Number of cigarettes smoked per day | ||||
10 or less | 12 | (27.9) | 15 | (34.1) |
11–20 | 25 | (58.1) | 21 | (47.7) |
21–30 | 4 | (9.3) | 7 | (15.9) |
31 or more | 2 | (4.7) | 0 | 0 |
Did not answer | 0 | 0 | 1 | (2.3) |
Time from wake up to smoke first cigarette | ||||
After 60 min | 8 | (18.6) | 13 | (29.5) |
31–60 min | 9 | (20.9) | 11 | (25.0) |
6–30 min | 17 | (39.5) | 15 | (34.1) |
Within 5 min | 8 | (18.6) | 4 | (9.1) |
Did not answer | 1 | (2.3) | 1 | (2.3) |
Serious attempt to stop smoking in past 2 weeks | ||||
No | 32 | (74.4) | 27 | (61.4) |
Yes | 11 | (25.6) | 16 | (36.4) |
Did not answer | 0 | 0 | 1 | (2.3) |
Which of the following describes you? | ||||
I don’t want to stop smoking | 1 | (2.3) | 2 | (4.5) |
I think I should stop smoking but don’t really want to | 9 | (20.9) | 7 | (15.9) |
I want to stop smoking but haven’t thought about when | 5 | (11.6) | 2 | (4.5) |
I REALLY want to stop smoking but I don’t know when I will | 15 | (34.9) | 16 | (36.4) |
I want to stop smoking and hope to soon | 6 | (14.0) | 6 | (13.6) |
I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in the next 3 months | 2 | (4.7) | 4 | (9.1) |
I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in the next month | 3 | (7.0) | 5 | (11.4) |
Don’t know | 2 | (4.6) | 2 | (4.6) |