ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2021
Is the motivation to quit smoking a predictor of abstinence maintenance?
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- The impact of nicotine dependence and smoking pattern changes on short- and long-term smoking cessation outcomes: The role of sociodemographic factors in a retrospective cohort study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Associations of Cannabis Use, High-Risk Alcohol Use, and Depressive Symptomology with Motivation and Attempts to Quit Cigarette Smoking Among Adults: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
- Do predictors of abstinence change in the medium- and long-term follow-up of smokers who have quit smoking? A prospective cohort study.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Article
- Psychiatric symptoms and intentions to quit smoking: How regularity and volume of cigarette consumption moderate the relationship.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Varenicline for Gradual Versus Abrupt Smoking Cessation in Poorly Motivated Smokers With COPD: A Prematurely Terminated Randomized Controlled Trial.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2022Article
- Is the motivation to quit smoking greater if the smoker is going to quit smoking of their own free will or when advised by a health professional?Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
- Ten-Year Real-Life Experience With Varenicline in a Hospital-Based Smoking Cessation Program.Open respiratory archivesArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this study was to explore the utility of measuring motivation to quit smoking as a predictor of abstinence maintenance among smokers who wanted to quit and who were included in a multicenter study conducted in daily clinical practice.
methodsThis observational, longitudinal (prospective cohort), multicenter study was conducted in smoking clinics in Spain and the Argentine Republic in daily clinical practice. Motivation was assessed using three quantitative motivation tests and a Visual Analogue Scale. Statistical analysis included descriptive, association measures and logistic regression models.
resultsOf a total of 404 subjects, 273 were ultimately included for analysis (147 women; 53.8%), mean age 51±11 years). In one year, 53.5% (36.13% by intention to treat) of subjects (146) were successful in quitting smoking [men: 45.2% (66) and women: 54.8% (80)], with no differences between sexes. None of the scales utilized was associated, in an unquestionable or direct way, with long-term abstinence, although three of them, in a very complex model, with additional variables and added interactions, were associated with the 'result' variable, when other variables intervened in certain circumstances.
conclusionsNone of the analyzed motivational scales alone demonstrated an association with success or failure in quitting smoking; thus, their use in isolation is of no value. Some of the scales analyzed might be related to the maintenance of abstinence but in complex models where other variables intervene, which makes interpretation considerably difficult. Therefore, the predictive capacity of the tests analyzed, based on the models, was low.
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