Characteristics | % |
---|---|
Demographics: | |
Gender | |
Male | 71 |
Female | 29 |
Occupational status | |
Retired | 86 |
Unemployed | 6 |
Employed | 1 |
Homemakers | 7 |
Age | |
60–69 | 21 |
70–79 | 41 |
80 or above | 38 |
Educational attainment | |
No formal education | 39 |
Primary school | 46 |
Secondary or above | 15 |
Marital Status | |
Single | 15 |
Married | 44 |
Divorced, separated and widowed | 41 |
Tobacco use related: | |
Daily cigarette consumption | |
≤ 10 | 70 |
> 10 | 30 |
Age started smoking | |
Under 20 | 62 |
20 or above | 38 |
Nicotine Dependency level a | |
Mild | 65 |
Moderate | 20 |
Severe | 15 |
Number of other smokers in household | |
Nil | 71 |
1 or more | 29 |
Smoking status of spouse | |
No spouse/spouse not smoker | 90 |
Spouse is smoker | 10 |
Quitting History: | |
Number of previous quitting attempt(s) | |
Nil | 41 |
1 attempt or more | 59 |
Length of abstinence in the last quitting attempt | |
Less than a day or not at all | 5 |
> = 1 day | 95 |
NRT related: | |
Use of NRT for at least 1 day b | |
No | 23 |
Yes | 77 |
Adherence to use NRT for 4 weeks or more b, c | |
No | 62 |
Yes | 38 |
Other factors: | |
Perceived importance on quitting (mean score = 73) d | |
Less important (< mean) | 48 |
More important (> = mean) | 52 |
Perceived difficulties on quitting (mean score = 55) e | |
Less difficult (< mean) | 53 |
More difficult (> = mean) | 47 |
Perceived confidence on quitting (mean score = 67) f | |
Less confident (< mean) | 42 |
More confident (> = mean) | 58 |
Alcohol consumption g | |
Regular user and occasional users | 18 |
Never or rarely drink | 82 |