| Last year smokers | Social grade | Total (n = 6950) | p Value | ||||
| AB (n = 1168) | C1 (n = 1778) | C2 (n = 1652) | D (n = 1543) | E (n = 809) | |||
| Smokers trying to quit last year | AB (n = 499) | C1 (n = 807) | C2 (n = 698) | D (n = 646) | E (n = 333) | Total (n = 2983) | p Value |
| Age, mean (SD) | 43.1 (15.9) | 40.1 (16.2) | 39.6 (15.6) | 38.6 (16.4) | 43.9 (18.2) | 40.6 (16.4) | <0.001 |
| Male sex | 697 (59.7) | 887 (49.9) | 934 (56.5) | 760 (49.3) | 349 (43.2) | 3,627 (52.2) | <0.001 |
| Cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD) | 12.1 (8.7) | 12.4 (8.1) | 13.8 (8.4) | 13.9 (7.8) | 15.8 (10.0) | 13.4 (8.5) | <0.001 |
| FTND nicotine dependence, mean (SD) | 2.3 (2.3) | 2.5 (2.4) | 3.0 (2.4) | 3.2 (2.4) | 3.8 (2.6) | 2.9 (2.4) | <0.001 |
| Smokers trying to quit smoking | 499 (42.7) | 807 (45.4) | 698 (42.3) | 646 (41.9) | 333 (41.3) | 2,983 (42.9) | 0.115 |
| Use of any smoking cessation medication | 233 (46.7) | 372 (46.1) | 335 (48.0) | 292 (45.2) | 170 (50.9) | 1402 (47.0) | 0.471 |
| Use of NRT over the counter | 180 (36.1) | 309 (38.3) | 251 (36.0) | 225 (34.8) | 124 (37.2) | 1089 (36.5) | 0.621 |
| Use of NRT on prescription | 44 (8.8) | 69 (8.6) | 79 (11.3) | 65 (10.1) | 46 (13.8) | 303 (10.2) | 0.016 |
| Use of bupropion | 18 (3.6) | 13 (1.6) | 24 (3.4) | 14 (2.2) | 12 (3.6) | 81 (2.7) | 0.835 |
| Use of varenicline | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.4) | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.9) | 14 (0.5) | 0.479 |
| Use of any NHS counselling* | 35 (7.0) | 56 (6.9) | 51 (7.3) | 33 (5.1) | 16 (4.8) | 191 (6.4) | 0.079 |
| Successful quitter | 102 (20.4) | 134 (16.6) | 100 (14.3) | 95 (14.7) | 38 (11.4) | 469 (15.7) | <0.001 |
Figures are reported as number (n) (percentage within social grade) unless otherwise stated.
*Any National Health Service Stop Smoking Service group or individual counselling.
FTND, Fagerström test for nicotine dependence; NHS, National Health Service; NRT, nicotine replacement therapy.