| Any past NSNRT only to cut down (n = 349) | Any past NSNRT only to delay (n = 77) | Any past NSNRT to cut down and delay (n = 137) | No past NSNRT (n = 2521) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Female* | 47.2 | 45.6 | 45.1 | 54.6 |
| Age*** | ||||
| 18–24 | 7.8 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 19.6 |
| 25–44 | 43.1 | 48.8 | 35.3 | 48.1 |
| 45–64 | 39.6 | 30.0 | 47.2 | 27.5 |
| 65+ | 9.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| Race/ethnicity* | ||||
| White | 82.5 | 91.3 | 81.0 | 82.9 |
| Black | 4.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| Hispanic | 6.3 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Other | 6.4 | 0.6 | 13.8 | 5.7 |
| Marital status*** | ||||
| Married/living with partner | 61.7 | 64.6 | 51.0 | 48.8 |
| Divorced/separated | 16.8 | 6.5 | 14.1 | 14.9 |
| Widowed | 5.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Never been married | 16.0 | 27.2 | 30.8 | 33.0 |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 11.4 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 10.2 |
| High school | 37.1 | 28.6 | 35.4 | 39.6 |
| Some college | 27.7 | 39.8 | 30.0 | 26.1 |
| BA or higher | 23.9 | 24.2 | 28.2 | 24.1 |
| Income | ||||
| ⩽$30 000 | 25.4 | 13.2 | 28.0 | 27.5 |
| $30 001–50 000 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 19.0 | 25.6 |
| $50 001–75 000 | 25.6 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 23.3 |
| $75 000+ | 20.9 | 27.6 | 24.5 | 23.7 |
| Smoking behaviour | ||||
| Cigarettes per day*** | ||||
| <11 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 25.7 | 42.7 |
| 11–20 | 53.5 | 57.1 | 46.1 | 42.3 |
| >20 | 18.8 | 14.4 | 28.2 | 15.0 |
| 1st cigarette <30 minutes after waking*** | 64.6 | 66.0 | 68.8 | 48.7 |
| Plans to quit | ||||
| In next 6 months | 33.4 | 33.3 | 33.6 | 31.4 |
| In the next 30 days | 32.9 | 36.9 | 29.3 | 29.5 |
| Made a quit attempt in past year*** | 57.2 | 43.4 | 53.2 | 43.3 |
| Received help from a medical professional at last quit attempt** | 11.2 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 5.6 |
†Table entries are weighted percentages, column totals for certain characteristics may not sum to 100% because of rounding; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.