Thinking to quit in the next year
(56.76%)

Thinking to quit in the next 30 days
(42.45%)

Had quit cigarette smoking before
(60.35%)

Characteristic

N (%)

%

p-value

%

p-value

%

p-value

Demographics and health condition
Gender
Female
Male

60(23.72%)
193(76.28%)

 

63.41%
56.57%

 

0.4244

 

42.50%
42.77%

 

0.9752

 

55.81%
62.57%

 

0.4142

Age, (years)
≦25
>25 

117(45.00%)
143(55.00%)

 

56.18%
57.14%

 

0.8871

 

42.53%
42.40%

 

0.9851

 

63.54%
58.02%

 

0.4004

Occupation/major
Medical field
  Non medical field

63 (28.64 %)
157(71.36%)

68.42%
53.38%

0.0544

53.70%
35.11%

0.0192*

74.55%
53.24%

0.0065*

Dyspepsia
Sometimes or frequently
Rarely

78 (30.35 %)
179 (69.65 %)

70.77 %
50.97 %

0.0068*

53.33 %
37.75 %

0.0386*

69.84%
56.52%

0.0670

What they felt during last week
Bothered by something
Not at all
 Yes

88 (35.20 %)
162 (64.80 %)

46.25 %
63.70 %

0.0124*

42.11 %
42.31 %

0.9774

49.37%
66.19%

0.0148*

Felt like something good was going to happen
   Not at all
   Yes

95 (39.42 %)
146 (60.58 %)

48.75 %
62.02 %

0.0598

36.84%
45.53 %

0.2280

51.25%
67.42%

0.0191*

Felt down and unhappy
   Not at all
   Yes

72 (28.69 %)
179 (71.31 %)

41.79 %
64.19 %

0.0021 *

36.51 %
45.45 %

0.2317

46.97%
66.23%

0.0074*

Felt lonely, like having no friends
   Not at all
   Yes

155 (60.31 %)
102 (39.69 %)

50.72 %
67.07 %

0.0179*

34.11 %
55.56 %

0.0022*

53.57%
71.76%

0.0068*

Felt tired
   Not at all
   Yes

49(19.29%)
205(80.71%)

40.43%
61.05%

0.0115*

26.67%
46.95%

0.0148*

43.48%
64.61%

0.0090*

Medias message about smoking
TV/radio/movies/internet…..
   Saw messages against smoking
   Haven’t seen an against one

203 (78.08 %)
57 (21.92 %)

62.21 %
38.00 %

0.0024*

45.83 %
29.55 %

0.0517

61.02%
58.00%

0.7002

Tobacco and substances use experience
Cigarettes quitting experiences
   Never quit before
   Quit before

90 (39.65 %)
137 (60.35 %)

30.95 %
72.87 %

<0.0001*

20.25 %
53.23 %

<0.0001*

N/A

Tried quitting for at least 24 hours in the past month
   Tried before
   Never

106 (46.49 %)
122 (53.51 %)

74.75 %
41.88 %

<0.0001*

55.91 %
32.74 %

0.0008*

N/A

Cut down the number of cigarettes in the past month
   Cut down/try to cut down
   Did not try to cut down

162 (69.23 %)
72 (30.77 %)

63.23 %
40.91 %

0.0022*

49.01 %
26.67 %

0.0031*

N/A

Addiction level
Cigarette consumption
   Heavy smoker (>10/day)
   Light smoker (≦10/day)

139 (53.46 %)
121 (46.54 %)

49.22 %
67.02 %

0.0082*

33.06 %
55.68 %

0.0010*

56.25%
65.66%

0.1508

Is it hard to keep from smoking where you are not allowed to?
   Yes
   No

114 (51.12 %)
109 (48.88 %)

48.60 %
65.69 %

0.0126*

32.35 %
54.64 %

0.0015*

51.35%
71.00%

0.0035*

How soon do you smoke 1st cigarette after wake up?
   Before noon
   In the afternoon/evening

170(77.27%)
50(22.73%)

57.41%
63.04%

0.4933

38.61%
57.14%

0.0308*

62.11%
60.42%

0.8321

Which cigarette would you most hate to give up?
   First cigarette in the morning
   Any other cigarette after that

111(51.87%)
103(48.13%)

57.41%
62.37%

0.4749

39.81%
46.74%

0.3290

59.62%
64.29%

0.4946

Still smoke even seriously sick?
   Yes
   No

58(25.55%)
169(74.45%)

50.94%
57.23%

0.4248

29.17%
45.45%

0.0456*

55.56%
62.50%

0.3662

Smoke more during the first 2 hours of the day than the rest?
   Yes
   No

59(27.44%)
156(72.56%)

67.86%
53.06%

0.0569

47.27%
39.57%

0.3267

63.16%
59.46%

0.6275

*p≤0.05
*total numbers do not add up to 260 because of missing value
Table 1: Characteristics of participants of a sample of adult cigarette smokers in Jordan.