ArticleTobacco control2017
Cross-country comparison of smokers' reasons for thinking about quitting over time: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (ITC-4C), 2002-2015.
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- The effectiveness of graphic health warnings on tobacco products: a systematic review on perceived harm and quit intentions.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Tobacco control policies that influence Filipino adults who smoke: Results from a discrete choice experiment.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Trends in motives for trying to stop smoking: a population study in England, 2018-2023.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Differences in Normative Beliefs and Tobacco Product Use by Age Among Adults Who Smoke: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Trends in Social Norms Towards Smoking Between 2002 and 2015 Among Daily Smokers: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (ITC 4C).Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Characteristics and Predictors of Abstinence Among Smokers of a Smoking Cessation Clinic in Hunan China.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Social norms towards smoking and vaping and associations with product use among youth in England, Canada, and the US.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Does free or lower cost smoking cessation medication stimulate quitting? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands and UK Surveys.Tobacco control · 2019Article
- Quitting activity and use of cessation assistance reported by smokers in eight European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
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objectiveTo explore between-country differences and within-country trends over time in smokers' reasons for thinking about quitting and the relationship between reasons and making a quit attempt.
methodsParticipants were nationally representative samples of adult smokers from the UK (N=4717), Canada (N=4884), the USA (N=6703) and Australia (N=4482), surveyed as part of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey between 2002 and 2015. Generalised estimating equations were used to evaluate differences among countries in smokers' reasons for thinking about quitting and their association with making a quit attempt at follow-up wave.
resultsSmokers' concern for personal health was consistently the most frequently endorsed reason for thinking about quitting in each country and across waves, and was most strongly associated with making a quit attempt. UK smokers were less likely than their counterparts to endorse health concerns, but were more likely to endorse medication and quitline availability reasons. Canadian smokers endorsed the most reasons, and smokers in the USA and Australia increased in number of reasons endorsed over the course of the study period. Endorsement of health warnings, and perhaps price, appears to peak in the year or so after the change is introduced, whereas other responses were not immediately linked to policy changes.
conclusionsDifferences in reasons for thinking about quitting exist among smokers in countries with different histories of tobacco control policies. Health concern is consistently the most common reason for quitting and the strongest predictor of future attempts.
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