Smoking behaviors of respondents to pretest and post-test telephone surveys in comparison (HOU) and experimental (SCC) communities
| Variable | Pretest (1990) | Pre-test (1992) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | SCC | HOU | SCC | |
| Among all respondents | (n = 1581) | (n = 1322) | (n = 1209) | (n = 1264) |
| Current smokers (%) | 40 | 36† | 41 | 36|| |
| Former smokers (%) | 14 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
| Recent quitters* (%) | 6 | 8t | 7 | 10|| |
| Household member smokes (%) | 29 | 31 | 24* | 26§ |
| All/most friends smoke (%) | 46 | 48 | 51‡ | 44|| |
| No friends smoke (%) | 3 | 4 | 13‡ | 15§ |
| Among current smokers | (n = 626) | (n = 470) | (n = 494) | (n = 454) |
| Mean number cigarettes/day (SD) | 13.2 (8.7) | 9.9† (7.6) | 12.0‡ (8.0) | 9.6|| (6.9) |
| Motivation | ||||
| Definitely wants to quit (%) | 23 | 35† | 44‡ | 44§ |
| Self-efficacy | ||||
| Thinks quitting very | 25 | 34† | 26 | 32 |
| difficult (%) | ||||
| Ever tried to quit (%) | 49 | 64† | 77‡ | 79§ |
| Mean number quit attempts (SD) | 1.1 (1.4) | 1.3† (1.4) | 2.5‡ (6.6) | 2.3§ (3.4) |
↵* Recent quitters are defined as former smokers who reported quitting during the two years before the interview.
↵#x2020; p < 0.05, comparison of pretest HOU and pretest SCC.
↵‡ p < 0.05, comparison of pretest HOU and post-test HOU.
↵§ p < 0.05, comparison of pretest SCC and post-test SCC.
↵|| p < 0.05, comparison of post-test HOU and post-test SCC.