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It has been shown that an agreement on means to achieve smoking cessation goals is a key factor to success in quitting smoking.

This study examined the factors affecting blood donation intention and behavior in college students based on the theory of planned behavior. The subjects were 258 students from one college in G city, and the data was collected by a survey using self-administered questionnaires structured from June 3 to June 14, 2013. The data was analyzed using the SPSS 19.0 program, the variables affecting the blood donation intention were analyzed by stepwise multiple regression, and the variables affecting the blood donation behavior were analyzed by Logistic regression. The factors affecting the blood donation intention were in order the perceived behavioral control, attitude toward the behavior and subjective norm, and the explanatory power was 65.6%. In addition, the factor affecting the blood donation behavior was only the blood donation intention (OR=1.129, p=.010) except for perceived behavioral control. Therefore, the perceived behavioral control, attitude and subjective norm should be considered when developing blood donation programs for college students.