New learning about smoking and health in the past six months among smoker and recent quitter respondents
| Benchmark May 1997 (=1192) | Follow up 1 Nov 1997 (n=2981) | Follow up 2 Nov 1998 (n=1646) | Follow up 3 Nov 1999 (n=1611) | Follow up 4 Nov 2000 (n=1675) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Benchmark v follow up 1, p <0.001. | |||||
| †Follow up 1 to follow up 4, linear decline, p <0.001. | |||||
| ‡Follow up 2, follow up 3 v follow up 4, n.s. | |||||
| §Follow up 1,2,3 v follow up 4, n.s. | |||||
| ¶ Benchmark v follow up 4, n.s. | |||||
| **Follow up 2 v follow up 3, follow up 4, p <0.001. | |||||
| ††Follow up 4 v follow up 1, follow up 2, follow up 3, p <.0 001. | |||||
| Learned anything new about the effects of smoking cigarettes on health in past six months: | |||||
| Entire sample | 14% | 23%* | 23% | 19% | 18%† |
| What learnt: | |||||
| Of those who learnt something new | n=166 | n=670 | n=374 | n=309 | n=303 |
| Entire sample | n=1192 | n=2981 | n=1646 | n=1611 | n=1675 |
| Clogged arteries | 7% (1%) | 36%* (8%) | 19% (4%) | 22% (4%) | 17%†‡ (3%) |
| Lungs are like sponges | 7% (1%) | 20%* (4%) | 20% (4%) | 17% (3%) | 16%†§ (3%) |
| Every cigarette is doing damage | 5% (1%) | 17%* (4%) | 10% (2%) | 11% (2%) | 7%†¶ (1%) |
| How smoking causes lung cancer | 11% (2%) | 11% (3%) | 9% (2%) | 10% (2%) | 11% (2%) |
| Causes strokes/clots in the brain | – | – | 25%** (6%) | 7% (1%) | 4% (1%) |
| Loss of eyesight | – | <1% (<1%) | 1% (<1%) | 2% (<1%) | 11%††(2%) |