The Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Korea
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
;
: 39-44, 2007.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-220108
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to determine the associated factors with successful smoking cessation, longer than 1 year, as compared with current smokers who had made at least one attempt to quit in the past and failed.METHODS:
Smokers and ex-smokers were randomly selected by stratification at three levels (geographic location of home, age and sex). Among the subjects were 97 ex-smokers who had stopped smoking longer than 1 year and 71 current smokers, who had made at least one prior attempt to quit. Nicotine dependence and number of the smokers in the 5 closest friends were measured.RESULTS:
A high Fagerstrom score (OR=0.784; CI 0.667~0.921) and the number of the smokers among their 5 closest friends (OR=0.681; CI 0.511~0.909) were significantly associated with a relapse in smoking adjusting confounding factors such as age, sex, alcohol consumption and so on.CONCLUSION:
In Korean ex-smokers, lower nicotine dependence and the number of friends who smoked were associated factors in successful smoking cessation longer than 1 year.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Smoke
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Tobacco Use Disorder
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Alcohol Drinking
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Smoking
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Smoking Cessation
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Friends
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Korea
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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