Table 1A. Population characteristics, % (n) Total (N=294) High intensity treatment Low intensity treatment (n=146) (n=148) p-value† Recruited* Age: 18 – 34 35 – 49 50 – 64 65 – 84 10 (29) 41 (121) 44 (128) 5 (16) 6 (8) 47 (68) 42 (62) 6 (8) 14 (21) 36 (53) 45 (66) 5 (8) .050 23 (67) 77 (227) 21 (30) 79 (116) 25 (37) 75 (111) .363 99 (291) 1 (3) 99 (144) 1 (2) 99 (147) 1 (1) .621 34 (99) 51 (151) 15 (44) 31 (45) 52 (76) 17 (25) 36 (54) 51 (75) 13 (19) .443 Education in years: 0–9 ≥ 10 Smoker at first interview: Yes No Number of smoked cigarettes: ≥ 20/day 10-19/day 0-9/day * Recruited = all those who came to the first interview † Statistical significant difference between HIT and LIT tested with chi-square and Fisher´s Exact test Table 1B. Population characteristics, % (n), division by sex Total (N=294) Recruited* High intensity treatment Low intensity treatment (n=146) (n=148) Men Women pvalue‡ 22 (64) 78 (230) <.001 21 (30) 79 (116) <.001 23 (34) 77 (114) <.001 8 (5) 36 (23) 45 (29) 11 (7) 10 (24) 43 (98) 43 (99) 4 (9) .139a 7 (2) 33 (10) 50 (15) 10 (3) 5 (6) 50 (58) 41(47) 4 (5) .330b 9 (3) 38 (13) 41(14) 12 (4) 16 (18) 35 (40) 46 (52) 4 (4) .223c 31 (20) 69 (44) 20 (47) 80 (183) .068 33 (10) 67 (20) 17 (20) 83 (96) .052 29 (10) 70 (24) 24 (27) 77 (87) .498 98 (63) 2 (1) 99 (228) 1 (2) .523 97 (29) 3 (1) 99 (115) 1 (1) .370 100 (34) 99 (113) 1 (1) 1.000 48 (31) 34 (22) 17 (11) 30 (68) 56 (129) 14 (33) .006 50 (15) 30 (9) 20 (6) 26 (30) 58 (67) 16 (19) .016 47 (16) 38 (13) 15 (5) 33 (38) 54 (62) 12 (14) .244d Men Women pvalue‡ Men Women pvalue‡ Age: 18 – 34 35 – 49 50 – 64 65 – 84 Education in years: 0–9 ≥ 10 Smoker at first interview: Yes No Number of smoked cigarettes: ≥ 20/day 10-19/day 0-9/day * Recruited = all those who came to the first interview ‡ Statistical significant difference between men and women tested with chi-square and Fisher´s Exact test a1 cell (12.5%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 3.48 cells (25.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.64 c 2 cells (25.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.84 d 1 cell (16.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 4.36 b2