A comparison of dippers and smokers in relation to multiple continuous measures with stratification by lifetime use
Lifetime use | Dippers | Smokers | |||||||
N | Mean | SD | p Value* | N | Mean | SD | p Value* | ||
HONC score | <100 | 34 | 1.53 | 2.11 | 0.000 | 61 | 1.89 | 2.38 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 43 | 5.42 | 3.22 | 55 | 5.31 | 3.32 | |||
AUTOS score | <100 | 39 | 3.92 | 4.45 | 0.000 | 78 | 4.96 | 5.01 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 46 | 16.7 | 8.78 | 58 | 16.1 | 10.0 | |||
Withdrawal subscale | <100 | 39 | 0.92 | 1.71 | 0.000 | 78 | 0.73 | 1.66 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 46 | 5.65 | 3.66 | 58 | 5.29 | 4.20 | |||
Psychological reliance subscale | <100 | 39 | 1.18 | 1.47 | 0.000 | 78 | 1.60 | 2.01 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 46 | 5.26 | 3.45 | 58 | 4.33 | 3.27 | |||
Cue-induced desire to use tobacco subscale† | <100 | 39 | 1.82 | 1.90 | 0.000 | 78 | 2.63 | 2.08 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 46 | 5.74 | 2.54 | 58 | 6.48 | 3.34 | |||
Pleasure from smoking/using dip | <100 | 36 | 4.83 | 1.98 | 0.000 | 60 | 4.68 | 2.03 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 41 | 6.83 | 1.61 | 54 | 6.61 | 2.38 | |||
Latency to withdrawal, h | <100 | 16 | 573 | 234 | 0.000 | 26 | 575 | 231 | 0.000 |
≥100 | 34 | 166 | 219 | 41 | 147 | 202 |
↵* p Value for the vertical contrast of lifetime use for dippers and smokers analysed separately.
↵† This was the only measure on which dippers and smokers differed significantly from one another in this table (p<0.05 for both levels of lifetime use).
AUTOS, Autonomy Over Smoking Scale; HONC, Hooked on Nicotine Checklist.