Demographic characteristics of telephone survey participants
| Time | ||||
| Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | |||
| Control area, n (%) | Intervention area, n (%) | Control area, n (%) | Intervention area, n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 177 (89) | 360 (60) | 124 (62) | 426 (71) |
| Women | 22 (11) | 242 (40) | 76 (38) | 174 (29) |
| Total | 199 (100) | 602 (100) | 200 (100) | 600 (100) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 50–59 | 51 (26) | 148 (25) | 28 (14) | 84 (14) |
| 60–69 | 60 (30) | 203 (34) | 56 (28) | 226 (38) |
| 70+ | 88 (44) | 251 (42) | 116 (58) | 290 (48) |
| Total | 199 (100) | 602 (100) | 200 (100) | 600 (100) |
| Are you or have you ever been a smoker? | ||||
| Yes, currently a smoker | 33 (17) | 115 (19) | 31 (15.5) | 107 (18) |
| Yes, but not now a smoker | 112 (56) | 280 (47) | 113 (56.5) | 305 (51) |
| No, never smoked | 54 (27) | 207 (34) | 56 (28) | 188 (31) |
| Total | 199 (100) | 602 (100) | 200 (100) | 600 (100) |
| Which of the following best describes your working status? | ||||
| Working full time | 38 (19) | 102 (17) | 21 (10) | 45 (8) |
| Working part time | 8 (4) | 48 (8) | 5 (3) | 14 (2) |
| At school/college/university | 1 (1) | |||
| Housewife/househusband | 2 (1) | 7 (1) | 2 (1) | 8 (1) |
| Unemployed | 7 (4) | 25 (4) | 2 (1) | 26 (4) |
| Retired | 144 (72) | 420 (70) | 169 (84) | 498 (83) |
| On sick/disability | 9 (2) | |||
| Total | 199 (100) | 602 (100) | 200 (100) | 600 (100) |
| Socio-economic group | ||||
| C2 | 82 (41) | 266 (44) | 55 (28) | 258 (43) |
| D | 105 (53) | 244 (41) | 87 (43) | 283 (47) |
| E | 12 (6) | 92 (15) | 58 (29) | 59 (10) |
| Total | 199 (100) | 602 (100) | 200 (100) | 600 (100) |