Distributions of the process variables among the respondents (%)
| Variable | China | Finland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=2556) | Women (n=285) | Men (n=506) | Women (n=438) | ||||
| Intention | |||||||
| Stop completely | 76.3 | 82.5 | 75.1 | 74.7 | |||
| Quite for 1 month | 4.0 | 3.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | |||
| Reduce smoking | 19.7 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 9.6 | |||
| Special measures used2-150 | |||||||
| No measures | 36.2 | 45.3 | 55.7 | 60.8 | |||
| Nicotine chewing gum | 28.0 | 29.2 | 21.3 | 19.3 | |||
| Nicotine patch | 17.6 | 12.3 | 19.1 | 17.2 | |||
| Others | 4.6 | 5.3 | 14.7 | 13.0 | |||
| Support received2-150 | |||||||
| No support | 13.0 | 26.0 | 29.7 | 28.9 | |||
| Family members | 80.2 | 81.8 | 54.7 | 49.2 | |||
| Friends/co-workers | 54.4 | 55.8 | 32.1 | 48.7 | |||
| Health personnel | 41.7 | 46.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | |||
| Someone else | 15.7 | 21.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | |||
| Information received2-150 | |||||||
| Radio/TV | 27.8 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 15.4 | |||
| Newspaper/magazine | 47.7 | 43.5 | 29.8 | 33.3 | |||
| Family member | 25.7 | 33.0 | 15.5 | 7.1 | |||
| Friend/co-worker | 32.6 | 35.6 | 16.5 | 16.8 | |||
| Health personnel | 43.7 | 44.6 | 11.5 | 10.6 | |||
| Somewhere else | 5.6 | 6.0 | 38.6 | 44.4 | |||
| Don't remember | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | |||
| Reason for relapse | |||||||
| Lack of support | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.7 | |||
| Lack of information | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Stressful situation | 13.7 | 8.6 | 28.0 | 34.9 | |||
| Weight increase | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.1 | |||
| Alcohol related situation | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 14.2 | |||
| Withdrawal symptoms | 10.0 | 9.2 | 23.0 | 17.1 | |||
| Smoking in environment | 18.3 | 11.9 | 16.8 | 17.6 | |||
| Other | 12.2 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 7.1 | |||
| Help of the contest | |||||||
| Important | 66.5 | 76.8 | 35.8 | 42.5 | |||
| A little | 25.4 | 16.5 | 42.9 | 40.7 | |||
| Not at all | 7.3 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 7.6 | |||
| Don't know | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12.1 | 9.2 | |||
↵2-150 Multiple choice possible.