Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all smokers in total and for regular and occasional smokers, stratified by age group

N

460

55

47

276

82

Intention to quit smoking

Not at all

123 (27.2)

13 (24.1)

8 (17.4)

83 (30.2)

19 (24.7)

Somewhat

166 (36.7)

20 (37.0)

16 (34.8)

103 (37.5)

27 (35.1)

Quite a lot

100 (22.1)

16 (29.6)

14 (30.4)

52 (18.9)

18 (23.4)

A lot

63 (13.9)

5 (9.3)

8 (17.4)

37 (13.5)

13 (16.9)

Change in feelings because of the new CPHWs

No, feelings have not changed

381 (84.3)

48 (88.9)

33 (71.7)

239 (87.9)

61 (76.2)

Yes, I feel bad smoking

51 (11.3)

4 (7.4)

10 (21.7)

23 (8.5)

14 (17.5)

Yes, I feel very bad smoking

20 (4.4)

2 (3.7)

3 (6.5)

10 (3.7)

5 (6.2)

Forgoing cigarettes because of pictorial CPHWs

No

417 (91.4)

46 (85.2)

40 (85.1)

264 (96.0)

67 (83.8)

Yes, I smoke a little less

32 (7.0)

7 (13.0)

5 (10.6)

10 (3.6)

10 (12.5)

Yes, I smoke much less

7 (1.5)

1 (1.9)

2 (4.3)

1 (0.4)

3 (3.8)

Frequency of reading warnings

Never

182 (39.9)

20 (37.0)

17 (36.2)

114 (41.6)

31 (38.3)

Once

74 (16.2)

14 (25.9)

9 (19.1)

42 (15.3)

9 (11.1)

Repeatedly

103 (22.6)

8 (14.8)

14 (29.8)

60 (21.9)

21 (25.9)

Often

46 (10.1)

4 (7.4)

5 (10.6)

26 (9.5)

11 (13.6)

Almost always

51 (11.2)

8 (14.8)

2 (4.3)

32 (11.7)

9 (11.1)

Attitude toward pictorial warnings (good idea)

151 (34.4)

16 (30.2)

27 (64.3)

67 (25.4)

41 (51.2)

Warnings Impact Score (range: 0–4)

1.0 (1.1)

0.9 (0.9)

1.6 (1.2)

0.8 (1.0)

1.4 (1.1)

Assessment of the validity of warnings (range: 1–7)

4.6 (2.0)

4.1 (2.1)

5.0 (1.7)

4.6 (2.0)

4.8 (2.1)

Smoking risk assessment (range: 3–21)

12.7 (4.1)

12.8 (4.4)

12.9 (4.0)

12.5 (4.1)

13.0 (4.2)

Use of neutral covers (yes)

82 (18.3)

9 (17.0)

6 (13.0)

62 (23.0)

5 (6.2)

Cigarette dependence (FTCD; range: 0–10)

3.2 (2.4)

3.0 (2.0)

0.6 (0.8)

3.8 (2.3)

0.5 (0.8)

Number of years smoking

≤3 years

69 (15.4)

20 (36.4)

30 (68.2)

10 (3.6)

9 (12.2)

4–10 years

91 (20.3)

35 (63.6)

13 (29.5)

29 (10.5)

14 (18.9)

>10 years

289 (64.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.3)

237 (85.9)

51 (68.9)

Household income

≤2000 Euros

135 (37.3)

22 (52.4)

9 (24.3)

82 (37.8)

22 (33.3)

2001–3000 Euros

141 (39.0)

12 (28.6)

14 (37.8)

81 (37.3)

34 (51.5)

>3000 Euros

86 (23.8)

8 (19.0)

14 (37.8)

54 (24.9)

10 (15.2)

Educational level

Still in school/compulsory education

54 (11.7)

12 (21.8)

11 (23.4)

25 (9.1)

6 (7.3)

Apprenticeship certificate/vocational school

210 (45.7)

19 (34.5)

12 (25.5)

153 (55.4)

26 (31.7)

High school diploma

130 (28.3)

23 (41.8)

22 (46.8)

58 (21.0)

27 (32.9)

University degree

66 (14.3)

1 (1.8)

2 (4.3)

40 (14.5)

23 (28.0)

Age (years)

37.4 (15.4)

20.1 (2.0)

20.5 (2.0)

44.0 (14.4)

36.5 (11.1)

Sex (female)

227 (49.3)

32 (58.2)

30 (63.8)

126 (45.7)

39 (47.6)