Table 1 Participants' Demographic Characteristics and Usage of Products Containing Nicotine
Age | ||
|---|---|---|
 Mean (95% CI) | 38 | (36, 40) |
 Median (range) | 39 | (18–67) |
| Â | n | % |
Male | 106 | 44% |
Approximate number of cigarettes currently smoked per day | ||
   Mean (95% CI) | 15 | (14, 16) |
   Median (range) | 15 | (0–50) |
Used smokeless tobacco at least 10 times | ||
   Yes | 25 | 11% |
   No | 207 | 89% |
Used pharmaceutical nicotine at least 10 times | ||
   Yes | 84 | 36% |
   No | 152 | 64% |
Ever tried to quit smoking | ||
   Yes | 217 | 90% |
   No | 24 | 10% |
   Cessation methods that smokers previous tried1 |  |  |
Stopped all at once ("cold turkey") | 163 | 67% |
Gradually decreased the number of cigarettes smoked | 120 | 50% |
Counselling or a stop-smoking clinic or program | 14 | 6% |
Switched to chewing tobacco or snuff | 4 | 2% |
Medicinal nicotine products | 84 | 35% |
Zyban/Wellbutrin/Buproprion or other medication | 61 | 25% |
Other methods | 20 | 8% |
Expect to quit smoking within the next 2 years | ||
   Yes | 162 | 71% |
   No | 65 | 29% |