Table 2 Utilization of quitting methods in the smoking mothers from seven US states, overall and by subgroups
All pre-pregnancy smokers | Subgroups of smokers by utilization of quitting methods | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“Not trying to quit” | Latent classes of women who tried to quit | ||||
“Quit on my own” (latent class 1) | “Vaping” (latent class 2) | “Wide-ranging methods” (latent class 3) | |||
(N = 3154) | (N = 677) | (N = 1856) | (N = 109) | (N = 512) | |
(weighted 22.0% of all pre-pregnancy smokers) | (weighted 61.4% of all pre-pregnancy smokers) | (weighted 3.7% of all pre-pregnancy smokers) | (weighted 12.9% of all pre-pregnancy smokers) | ||
Quitting methods | Use rate of each quitting method (weighted %) | ||||
Set a specific date to stop smoking | 25.2 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 83.8* |
Use booklets, videos, or other materials to help me quit | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.8* |
Call a national or state quit line or go to a website | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 15.0* |
Attend a class or program to stop smoking | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.6* |
Go to counseling for help with quitting | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.2* |
Use a nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, nasal spray or inhaler | 6.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 10.7 | 34.9* |
Take a pill like Zyban® (also known as Wellbutrin® or Bupropion®) to stop smoking | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 12.6* | 3.8 |
Take a pill like Chantix® (also known as Varenicline) to stop smoking | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 5.8* |
Try to quit on my own (e.g., cold turkey) | 71.5 | 0.0 | 100.0* | 13.5 | 74.4 |
Electronic cigarettes | 6.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 80.1* | 13.4 |
Other | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.4* | 5.3 |