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Table 1 Participant demographics and smoking characteristics (N = 124)

From: Cigarette pack size and consumption: an adaptive randomised controlled trial

 

Packs of ≥25

(Analysed, n = 39)

Packs of 20

(Analysed, n = 40)

Excluded

(n = 45)

Gender, n (%)

Male

15 (39)

19 (48)

21 (47)

Female

24 (62)

21 (52)

24 (53)

Age, mean (SD)

55 (13)

55 (13)

51 (14)

Education levela, mean (SD)

8 (3)

8 (3)

8 (3.2)

SEIFAb, mean (SD)

3.1 (1.3)

3.1 (1.3)

3 (1.2)

Number of cigarettes smoked per day, n (%)

Less than 10

4 (10)

4 (10)

2 (4)

11–20

5 (13)

3 (8)

6 (13)

21–30

26 (67)

20 (50)

27 (60)

More than 30 per day

4 (10)

13 (33)

10 (22)

Usual pack size, n (%)

25

9 (23)

9 (23)

0 (0)

26

2 (5)

4 (10)

9 (20)

30

8 (21)

10 (25)

3 (7)

40

18 (46)

14 (35)

12 (26)

50

2 (5)

2 (5)

20 (43)

60c

0 (0)

1 (3)

2 (4)

HSId, mean (SD)

2.9 (1.1)

3.1 (1.5)

3.1 (1.2)

MTSSe, mean (SD)

2.9 (1.1)

3.1 (1.2)

2.9 (1.3)

AUTOSf, mean (SD)

16.6 (7.7)

15.3 (8.0)

15.5 (7.6)

  1. aEducation Level:1. Some Primary School; 2. Finished Primary School; 3. Some Secondary School; 4. Some Technical Or Commercial/ TAFE; 5. Passed School Certificate / Passed 4th Form / Passed Intermediate / Year 10 Junior or Achievement certificate; 6. Passed 5th Form / Year 11 / Passed Leaving or Sub-senior certificate; 7. Finished Technical School / Commercial College / TAFE (including trade certificate) / other certificate or apprenticeship; 8. Finished or now studying for Matriculation, Higher School Certificate (H.S.C.), V.C.E., Year 12, or Senior Certificate; 9. Some University or some college of Advanced Education training; 10. Diploma from College of Advanced Education or TAFE (Not Degree), Tertiary or Management Training (including Diploma other than University Degree); 11. Now at University or College of Advanced Education; 12. Degree from University or College of Advanced Education; 13. Higher Degree or Higher Diploma (e.g. Ph.D, Masters)
  2. bSEIFA (Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas) (lowest 20% of areas given quintile number of 1)
  3. cNote: Some participants recorded usual pack size as 60; however, this was clarified to be bundles of 2 × 30 packs
  4. dHSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index (range 0–6)
  5. eMTSS = Motivation to Stop Scale (range 1–7)
  6. fAUTOS = Autonomy Over Smoking Scale (range 0–36)