Table 2 Characteristics of treated smokers in STOP intervention and control pharmacies

Total

631

100.00

641

100.00

1

100.00

Area

 NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG

25

3.96

43

6.71

68

5.35

 NHS City and Hackney CCG

53

8.34

21

3.28

74

5.82

 NHS Islington CCG

25

3.96

67

10.45

92

7.23

 NHS Newham CCG

207

32.81

90

14.04

297

23.35

 NHS Tower Hamlets CCG

115

18.23

68

10.61

183

14.39

 Coventry

101

16.01

182

28.39

283

22.25

 Wales

105

16.64

170

26.52

275

21.62

Gender

 Female

320

50.71

314

48.99

634

49.84

 Male

311

49.29

327

51.01

638

50.16

Age (in years)

 Age, mean (sd)

628

46.10 (14.07)

641

45.56 (14.56)

1269

45.83 (14.31)

 Age, median (iqr)

628

46 (35 to 57)

641

45 (34 to 56)

1269

46 (35 to 57)

 Missing

3

–

–

–

–

–

Entitled to free prescriptions

 Yes: exempt from charges

171

27.10

258

40.25

429

33.73

 No: pay for prescriptions

459

72.74

381

59.44

840

66.04

 Missing

1

0.16

2

0.31

3

0.24

Self-reported number of cigarettes smoked per day (collected when smokers enrol on NHS SSS)

 10 or less

137

21.73

130

20.28

267

20.99

 11–20

313

49.60

215

33.54

528

41.51

 21 or more

119

18.86

154

24.03

273

21.46

 Missing

62

9.83

142

22.15

204

16.04

 Mean (sd)

569^c

17.20 (8.56)

499^c

18.19 (9.88)

1068^c

17.66 (9.21)

Self-reported numbers of years smoked (collected when smokers enrol the NHS SSP)

  < 1 year

61

9.67

6

0.94

67

5.27

 1–2 years

7

1.11

12

1.87

19

1.49

 3–4 years

13

2.06

19

2.96

32

2.52

 5–6 years

16

2.54

13

2.03

29

2.28

 7–8 years

26

4.12

17

2.65

43

3.38

 9–10 years

46

7.29

42

6.55

88

6.92

 11–15 years

55

8.72

55

8.58

110

8.65

 16–20 years

103

16.32

60

9.36

163

12.81

 21–30 years

106

16.80

84

13.11

190

14.94

 31–40 years

50

7.92

82

12.79

132

10.38

 41–50 years

59

9.35

39

6.08

98

7.70

  > 50 years

19

3.01

33

5.15

52

4.09

 Missing

70

11.09

179

27.93

249

19.58