Table 5.
Future intentions to use technology-assisted smoking cessation among smokers in the United States and United Kingdom and differences by motivation to quit.
| Future intentions to use technology to quit | Total sample, n (%) | Unmotivated smokers, n (%) | Motivated smokers, n (%) | χ2 1 | P | |
| US Smokers |
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Use the Internet (a website) | 227 (45.4) | 87 (34.8) | 140 (56.0) | 22.7 | <.001 |
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Join a quit smoking program that involves text messaging | 157 (31.4) | 56 (22.4) | 101 (40.4) | 18.8 | <.001 |
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Use a quit smoking app on your phone | 217 (43.4) | 90 (36.0) | 127 (50.8) | 11.2 | <.001 |
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Use Twitter to connect with other smokers who are trying to quit | 113 (22.6) | 34 (13.6) | 79 (31.6) | 23.2 | <.001 |
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Use Facebook to connect with other smokers who are trying to quit | 152 (30.4) | 53 (21.2) | 99 (39.6) | 20.0 | <.001 |
| UK Smokers |
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Use the Internet (a website) | 240 (48.0) | 89 (35.6) | 151 (60.4) | 30.8 | <.001 |
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Join a quit smoking program that involves text messaging | 128 (25.6) | 43 (17.2) | 85 (34.0) | 18.5 | <.001 |
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Use a quit smoking app on your phone | 210 (42.0) | 76 (30.4) | 134 (53.6) | 27.6 | <.001 |
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Use Twitter to connect with other smokers who are trying to quit | 82 (16.4) | 22 (8.8) | 60 (24.0) | 21.1 | <.001 |
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Use Facebook to connect with other smokers who are trying to quit | 129 (25.8) | 40 (16.0) | 89 (35.6) | 25.1 | <.001 |