Trigger | Age | Significance (linear) | |||||
16 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65+ | ||
Advice from a GP/health professional | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 11.2 | 13.8 | <0.001*** |
TV advert for a nicotine replacement product | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | <0.001*** |
Government TV/radio/press advert | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.113 |
Hearing about a new stop smoking treatment | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.773 |
A decision that smoking was too expensive | 13.5 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 0.894 |
Being faced with smoking restrictions | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.839 |
I knew someone else who was stopping | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.005** |
Seeing a health warning on a cigarette packet | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.308 |
Being contacted by my local NHS Stop Smoking Services | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.117 |
Health problems I had at the time | 14.1 | 13.1 | 16.5 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 32.6 | <0.001*** |
A concern about future health problems | 21.0 | 35.7 | 31.4 | 30.6 | 27.6 | 19.4 | <0.001*** (NL) |
Any health reason† | 35.3 | 49.7 | 48.8 | 53.6 | 54.2 | 53.2 | <0.001*** |
Pressure from family to stop | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.665 |
Pregnancy | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <0.001*** |
Worried for children | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.054 |
Knew someone who was ill or had died (from smoking) | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.108 |
Just decided to quit | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.045* |
Health reasons, general | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.312 |
Not stated/don’t know | 14.8 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 6.5 | <0.001*** |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001; NL, non-linear association.
†Composite health variable combining the triggers of current and future health concern, and health reasons (unspecified as current or future).