Table 1 Demographics of Patients Receiving Care at the Salvation Army Smoking Cessation Clinic*
From: Evaluation of a student-run smoking cessation clinic for a medically underserved population
N (%) | N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Men | 140 (54.5) | Other Smoker in Household | 67 (26.1) |
Women | 113 (44) | ||
Education | Tobacco Products | ||
<8th grade | 3 (11.7) | Cigarettes | 251 (97.7) |
>8th grade | 2 (0.1) | Pipe | 1 (0.1) |
Some High School | 18 (7) | Cigar | 6 (2.3) |
High School Degree | 101 (39.3) | Snuff | 2 (0.1) |
Technical Degree | 75 (29.2) | Chew | 6 (2.3) |
College Degree | 41 (15.9) | Major Stressors | |
Graduate Degree | 8 (3.2) | Death | 30 (11.7) |
Other | 3 (1.2) | Loss of relationship | 25 (9.2) |
Employment | Divorce/Separation | 17 (6.6) | |
Health Care | 15 (5.8) | Health | 57 (22.2) |
Professional | 11 (4.3) | Job | 28 (10.9) |
White Collar | 29 (11.3) | Move | 19 (7.4) |
Blue Collar | 67 (26.1) | Legal | 17 (6.6) |
Homemakers | 4 (1.5) | Other | 68 (26.5) |
Unemployed | 55 (21.4) | None | 71 (27.7) |
Retired | 14 (5.4) | Depression | |
Student | 13 (5.1) | >2 wks/yr with sad feelings | 108 (42) |
Other | 49 (19.1) | >2 yrs with sad feelings | 90 (35.1) |
Ethnicity | Sad most of this year | 77 (30) | |
Native American | 9 (3.5) | Treated for depression | 117 (45.5) |
Asian | 0 | Motivation | |
African American | 9 (3.5) | None | 0 |
Hispanic | 4 (1.6) | Some | 45 (17.5) |
White | 227 (88.0) | Very | 205 (79.8) |
Other | 1 (0.1) | Previous Cessation Techniques | |
Medical History/Complaints | Abrupt cessation | 152 (59.1) | |
Angina | 13 (5.1) | Self-help | 55 (21.4) |
Asthma | 59 (23) | Counseling | 30 (11.7) |
Cancer | 16 (6.2) | Reduction | 78 (30.3) |
Chest Pain | 57 (22.2) | Hypnosis | 29 (11.3) |
Bronchitis | 49 (19.1) | Acupuncture | 9 (3.5) |
Diabetes | 17 (6.6) | Formal program | 22 (8.6) |
Emphysema | 16 (6.2) | Inpatient program | 4 (1.6) |
Cough/Chest Colds | 84 (32.7) | Nicotine gum | 93 (36.2) |
MI | 11 (4.3) | Nicotine patches | 153 (59.5) |
Morning Cough | 133 (52) | Bupropion | 80 (31.1) |
Other | 3 (1.2) | Group therapy | 9 (3.5) |
Nicotine nasal spray | 6 (2.3) | ||
Nicotine inhaler | 54 (21) | ||