Table 3

Pharmacy Support Programme: registration, counselling, and client record

		Intervention			Control		χ²		df	p
		%	n		%	n	χ²		df	p
Pharmacy personnel discussed stopping smoking		133			159
	85.0	113		62.3	99	18.7	1	0.00001
Usefulness of discussion
1—Very useful	33.8	45		15.7	25
2	30.8	41		29.5	47
3	17.3	23		11.3	18
4—Not at all useful	3.0	4		5.7	9	7.9	3	0.048
Asked about health		131			150
	63.4	83		45.3	68	9.1	1	0.0025
Advised on product strength		132			149
	88.6	117		75.2	112	8.4	1	0.0037
Advised on how to use product		135			152
	77.8	105		71.1	108	1.7	1	0.19
Reason which may have contributed to not smoking		61			65
Helpful support from pharmacy
Very much	19.7	12		7.7	5
Quite a lot	13.1	8		12.3	8
A little	49.2	30		36.9	24
Not at all	18.0	11		43.1	28	10.8	3	0.013
Helpful to always use the same pharmacy		123			145
	55.3	68		46.9	68	2.7	2	0.26
Talking to pharmacy staff helpful		124
Yes	59.7	74
It made no difference	32.3	40
No	8.1	10
Helpful to know pharmacy keeping a record of progress		124
Yes	39.4	49
It made no difference	49.2	61
No	11.4	14
Tried before to stop smoking using an anti-smoking product		126			149
	50.0	63		55.7	83	0.89	1	0.34
Comparison with previous attempt(s):
Better	49.2	31		19.3	16
Same	46.0	29		73.5	61
Worse	4.8	3		7.2	6	14.7	2	0.00064