ArticleAddictive behaviors2013
Predictors of quit attempts and successful quit attempts in a nationally representative sample of smokers.
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- Reasons to quit cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless nicotine products: A cross-sectional study among Danish people aged 15-29 years.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Identifying Novel Motivation Phase-Specific Cessation Targets for Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Regional and social disparities in cessation behavior and motivation to quit among U.S. adult current smokers, Tobacco Use Supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey 2014-15 and 2018-19.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Identification of Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Genetic Factors to Aid Alaska Native and American Indian People to Successfully Quit Smoking.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Observational
- Developing a Game (Inner Dragon) Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Design and Feasibility Evaluation Study.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
- A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of a Psychological Treatment to Quit Smoking Assisted with an App: Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with smoking cessation attempts in a public, safety-net primary care system.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Serious quit attempts and cessation implications for Asian American male smokers.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- The Role of the Subjective Importance of Smoking (SIMS) in Cessation and Abstinence.Journal of smoking cessation · 2019Article
- Differences in tobacco use prevalence, behaviors, and cessation services by race/ethnicity: A survey of persons in addiction treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Article
- Association between successful smoking cessation and changes in marital and job status and health behaviours: evidence from a 10-wave nationwide survey in Japan.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Experiences of young smokers in quitting smoking in twin cities of Pakistan: a phenomenological study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Tobacco Withdrawal Amongst African American, Hispanic, and White Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Article
- Differences in Quit Attempts and Cigarette Smoking Abstinence Between Whites and African Americans in the United States: Literature Review and Results From the International Tobacco Control US Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Review
- Community-based navigators for tobacco cessation treatment: a proof-of-concept pilot study among low-income smokers.BMC public health · 2015Article
- E-cigarette use in the past and quitting behavior in the future: a population-based study.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Comparison of smoking cessation between education groups: findings from 2 US National Surveys over 2 decades.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- What Are the Major Determinants in the Success of Smoking Cessation: Results from the Health Examinees Study.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
Although most current smokers report that they would like to quit, most quit attempts fail suggesting that predictors of quitting attempts may differ from those of successful attempts. We examined sociodemographic and clinical predictors of quit attempts and successful quit attempts in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Data was collected in 2001-2002 (Wave 1) and 2004-2005 (Wave 2). Almost 40% of individuals who had not previously attempted to quit, tried to quit over the next three years; only 4.6% of those who tried had succeeded at the time of the evaluation. Hispanics, Asians, individuals with high income, and those with college education were less likely to attempt to quit, whereas those with daily nicotine use, younger age at first use and most symptoms of dependence were more likely to do so. Having an educational level below high school and older age at first nicotine use were predictors of successful quitting. Despite relatively high rates of quit attempts, rates of success are extremely low, indicating a gap between the public health need of decreasing tobacco use, and existing means to achieve it. Although there is a need to encourage people to quit tobacco, there may be an equally large need to develop more effective interventions that increase the rate of successful quit attempts.
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