Burden of male hardcore smokers and its characteristics among those eligible for lung cancer screening

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Weighted proportions of hardcore smokers, and their characteristics, among current male smokers aged 55–74 years old

Hardcore smoking measures	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
All current smokers
High daily cigarette consumption	56.93	66.29	64.70	65.18	63.71	58.14
No plan to quit*	50.00	46.98	39.22	33.06	29.64	34.57
No quit attempt in the past 12 months	46.16	50.58	46.39	48.31	45.20	43.81
Hardcore smoker **	22.61	26.22	18.50	19.19	18.87	17.01
Current smoker ≥30 Pack-years
High daily cigarette consumption	99.14	99.62	99.70	96.55	99.30	97.41
No plan to quit†	54.35	52.09	42.74	39.06	37.94	38.31
No quit attempt in the past 12 months	50.83	59.57	54.52	58.22	55.61	51.03
Hardcore smoker††	39.07	40.95	30.32	30.23	31.55	29.47

*P < 0.0001 for trend for smokers without plan to quit among all male current smoker; **P = 0.2966 for trend for hardcore smokers among all male current smoker; †P = 0.0382 for trend for smokers without plan to quit among male current smoker (≥ 30 Pack-years); ††P = 0.2770 for trend for hardcore smokers among male current smoker (≥ 30 Pack-years)

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