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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 3R0xnbzP. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background In a series of surveys intended for current and former smokers but sent to a random sample of the general population, we asked never smokers and smokers who did not wish to participate to transmit the questionnaire to any ever smoker they knew. We compared participants who received the questionnaire directly from us (original participants) to participants who received it from an addressee (secondary participants). Methods Questionnaires on smoking were mailed to 3300 residents of Geneva (Switzerland) in 1997, and returned by 1167 people (35%). Results The final sample consisted of similar numbers of original participants (n=578, primary response rate=18% of total sample, or about 46% of ever smokers) and secondary participants (n=566). Original participants were 1.7 years older than secondary participants (P=0.03) and were more likely to be men (50% versus 43%, P=0.009). Proportions of current smokers, stages of change, confidence in ability to quit smoking, cigarettes per day and attempts to quit smoking were similar in the two groups. Secondary participants had lower self-efficacy scores (-0.30 standard deviation (SD) units, P
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