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Table 2 Quitting outcome of 365 smokers in the MSCP at 6 month follow up, by intention to treat

From: Effectiveness of a mobile smoking cessation service in reaching elderly smokers and predictors of quitting

Quit rates

N

% (95% confidence interval)

Primary outcome:

  

Biochemically (urine cotinine) validated quit rate

74

20.3 (16.2 – 24.8)

Secondary outcomes (self-reported)

  

7 day point prevalence quit rate

103

28.2 (23.6–32.8)

24 hours point prevalence quit rate

110

30.1(25.4–34.8)

Continuous abstinence quit rate

91

24.9 (20.5–29.4)

Had not quit but had reduced smoking by at least 50% from the baseline level

94

25.8(21.3 – 30.2)