Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Changes in Smoking Status among Current Male Smokers and Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation Success

성인남성 흡연자의 흡연행태 변화와 관련 요인

  • Lee, Jin-Seok (Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Yang-Jung (Department of Economic Policy, Korea University Graduate School) ;
  • Kim, Won-Nyon (Department of Economics, Korea University) ;
  • Hwang, Seung-Sik (Research Institute for National Cancer Control and Evaluation, National Cancer Center) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Ik (Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 이진석 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실) ;
  • 김양중 (고려대학교 대학원 경제정책학과) ;
  • 김원년 (고려대학교 경제학과) ;
  • 황승식 (국립암센터 국가암관리사업지원평가연구단) ;
  • 김용익 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실)
  • Published : 2006.07.31
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Abstract

Objectives: This study (a) investigated the rate of smoking cessation sucess for current male smokers, and (b) identified the factors that are associated with the smoking cessation success. Methods: Data were collected from four follow-up surveys of 700 current male smokers. The follow-up period was from December 2004 to June 2005. Success of smoking cessation was defined as "maintaining a smoking cessation status for six months". The demographic and socioeconomic factors included age, the household income level and, occupation. The smoking behavioral factors were composed of the amount of smoking, the duration of smoking, the age of initiating smoking, the willingness to quit, the frequency of trying to quit smoking and the smoker's attitude toward the anti-smoking policies. Results: The proportion of quitters increased from 6.6% to 11.0% during the follow-up period. The majority of quitters answered that the increase of tobacco price acted as cue to achieve smoking cessation. The age-standardized experience and success rate of smoking cessation were 16.0% (95% C.I.=13.0% to, 19.0%) and 4.5% (95% C.I.=3.0% to, 6.0%), respectively. On the multivariate analysis, success for smoking cessation was associated with the willingness to quit smoking, low prior tobacco consumption, and agreement on the tobacco price increase. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the recent anti-smoking policies provided an opportunity to quit smoking. The results of this study can be used to establish evidence for further anti-smoking policies.

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