3. Results
A total of 62.3% of the participants quit smoking by the end of treatment (n = 175). Compared to those who were unable to stop smoking, abstainers reported having smoked fewer cigarettes/day in the pretreatment assessment (19.90 vs. 23.76), and were more likely to have a score under 6 on the FTND (61.1%). As regards personality facets, the average score of abstainers in Self-discipline at the end of treatment (40.65 vs. 38.14) was higher (Table 1). We did not find significant differences according to sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, marital status, educational level).
Twelve months after the end of treatment, 28.1% of the smokers were abstinent (n = 79). Regarding pretreatment variables, those who remained abstinent had reported fewer cigarettes smoked per day (18.76 vs. 22.38), were less likely to be nicotine dependent (63.3% vs. 49%), and scored lower on Depression (55.65 vs. 58.30)