Table 1

Characteristics of QUITPLAN helpline callers before and after the introduction of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

	Pre-NRT		Post-NRT		p Value
	n	%	n	%	p Value
*Registration information.
†Two-week survey.
‡Mann-Whitney U = 34311.0.
Gender*	n = 370		n = 369		0.357
Female	213	57.6%	200	54.2%
Male	157	42.4%	169	45.8%
Age*	n = 379		n = 373		0.460
18–25 years	55	14.5%	66	17.7%
26–45 years	183	48.3%	174	46.6%
46–65 years	120	31.7%	119	31.9%
>65 years	21	5.5%	14	3.8%
Ethnicity*	n = 363		n = 363		0.141
White	320	88.2%	332	91.5%
Other race	43	11.8%	31	8.5%
Educational level*	n = 375		n = 371		0.504
High school or less	164	43.7%	172	46.4%
Some college/vocational	155	41.3%	138	37.2%
College graduate/post	56	14.9%	61	16.4%
Health insurance status	n = 366		n = 371		0.477
Insured	247	67.5%	260	70.1%
Uninsured	119	32.5%	111	29.9%
Region*	n = 378		n = 372		0.105
Major metropolitan	122	32.3%	95	25.5%
Metro suburbs	58	15.3%	69	18.5%
Out-state	198	52.4%	208	55.9%
Readiness to quit*	n = 380		n = 373		<0.001
Not in next 30 days	47	12.4%	14	3.8%
In next 30 days	333	87.6%	359	96.2%
Cigarettes per day prior year†	n = 293		n = 252
Mean (SD)	24.7 (12.9)		25.6 (11.7)		0.145‡
Time to 1st am cigarette†	n = 291		n = 251		0.688
<5 minutes	126	43.3%	120	47.8%
6–30 minutes	105	36.1%	80	31.9%
31–60 minutes	33	11.3%	30	12.0%
>60 minutes	27	9.3%	21	8.4%
Tobacco use†	n = 300		n = 256		0.034
Cigarettes only	254	84.7%	198	77.3%
Cigarettes and other tobacco	39	13.0%	54	21.1%
Other tobacco only	7	2.3%	4	1.6%
Quit attempts prior year†	n = 290		n = 252		0.167
None	142	49.0%	113	44.8%
1	50	17.2%	44	17.5%
2	26	9.0%	31	12.3%
3 or more	72	24.9%	64	25.4%