Table 3 Most frequent factors promoting cigarette smoking during incarceration and smoking cessation (both in prison and at liberty)
Factors | No. of subjects | % † |
|---|---|---|
Factors promoting cigarette smoking in prison | ||
Missing family and close friends | 435 | 66 |
The lack of freedom | 381 | 57 |
Boredom | 295 | 44 |
Anxiety about affairs to deal with at liberty | 232 | 35 |
The lack of sex | 206 | 31 |
Anxiety about the case and sentence | 156 | 23 |
Qualms about the crime committed | 116 | 17 |
Bad relations with the penitentiary staff | 113 | 17 |
Bad relations with other prisoners | 86 | 13 |
The lack of alcohol | 70 | 10 |
The lack of narcotics | 37 | 6 |
Other factors | 21 | 3 |
Missing data | 72 | 11 |
Factors promoting smoking cessation | ||
Anxiety about health | 231 | 46 |
The fight with own weakness | 142 | 28 |
The will to save some money | 120 | 24 |
Limited access to cigarettes | 109 | 21 |
Somebody's instigation | 37 | 7 |
The will to gain an authority | 10 | 2 |
Other (e.g., the bet with somebody, tobacco related disease in the family, physical or body-building activities) | 32 | 6 |
Missing data | 240 | 32 |