Total smokers | Smokers according to frequency of smoking and number of cigs per day | ||||
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Occasional | Daily <15 cigs/d | Daily 15+ cigs/d | |||
*Table entries are weighted percentages (±95% confidence intervals). | |||||
Ever used NRT (n = 1914) | −31.6 (1.5) | −16.3 (2.3) | −26.9 (3.0) | −47.0 (2.2) | |
Reason for using NRT | |||||
To quit (n = 1622) | 86.4 (2.1) | 83.3 (5.7) | 86.5 (3.3) | 87.1 (2.7) | |
To tide over (n = 145) | 7.4 (1.6) | 4.6 (2.5) | 5.2 (2.1) | 9.2 (2.1) | |
To cut down (n = 75) | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.4 (3.5) | 2.7 (1.4) | 4.6 (1.5) | |
Just curious (n = 82) | 4.2 (1.0) | 4.6 (2.6) | 5.5 (2.2) | 3.4 (1.1) |