Correlates of attempting to quit smoking among adults in Bangladesh

Hakim, Shariful; Chowdhury, Muhammad Abdul Baker; Uddin, Jamal

doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2018.04.002

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“…Other studies also found that most smokers had tried to quit smoking and had made at least one attempt to quit [ 23 , 34 – 36 ]. A study in Bangladesh by Hakim et al found that intention to quit smoking was related to making an attempt to quit among adults [ 37 ]. Our study did not investigate the association between attempts and intention to quit, suggesting further research on this relationship is warranted.…”

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A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students

Chinwong

Mookmanee

Chongpornchai

et al. 2018

Journal of Addiction

109

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Background Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. In Thailand, the prevalence of smoking is about 15-20 times higher among men than women. This study aimed to investigate gender differences among university students concerning smoking behaviors, nicotine dependence, and intention to quit smoking. Methods A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from participants who were current smokers studying at a university in northern Thailand. Snowball sampling was used to recruit participants. Results Of 364 participants, there were 321 males and 43 females. This study showed higher smoking behaviors among males than females; males were more likely to smoke every day than females (67.0 and 41.9%, respectively, p value=0.002), and the average number of cigarettes daily was higher among males than females (8.4 and 5.5, respectively, p value=0.006). The sources of cigarettes differed between males and females. The nicotine dependence level, as measured by the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence, was quite low in both male and female smokers and did not differ significantly (mean score of 2.3±2.2 for males, 1.8±1.8 for females; p value=0.123). Females were more likely than males toward intention to quit in the next 30 days (51.2 and 34.0%, respectively, p value=0.041). The most common reason for intention to quit was awareness of harm to health, for which females were more concerned than males. Conclusion Male and female university students who smoked differed in smoking behaviors and intention to quit, but not in nicotine dependence level. The university should provide health promotion to help students quit smoking.

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A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students

Chinwong

Mookmanee

Chongpornchai

et al. 2018

Journal of Addiction

109

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“…The different approaches to changing smoking behaviour discussed above assume that the interventions involve incentives for people to coordinate their behaviour. 25 , 26 In this setting and many similar situations which involve coordination incentives, the influences of conformity and coordination incentives act in the same direction. In other situations, however, conformity and anticoordination incentives can act as countervailing influences.…”

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Promotion of behavioural change for health in a heterogeneous population

Schimmelpfennig¹,

Vogt²,

Ehret³

et al. 2021

Bull World Health Org

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“…Patle et al (2014) revealed that the overall population studied 221 out of 250 (88.4%, CI=0.48-1.28) was aware that tobacco is injurious to health, of which 97.34% were males and 81.02% were females. Hakim et al (2018) reported that Considering the knowledge and attitudes towards smoking, among current smokers who had attempted to quit, about 63.6% did not believe that smoking cause's serious illness, and 53.0% did not believe that cigarettes are addictive.…”

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Impact of common tobacco products on human health and environmental pollution in Bangladesh

Mondol¹,

Hosain

Sultana

et al. 2021

Progress. Agric.

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Worldwide, tobacco is one of the leading causes of disability and death. Over a million of pounds of toxic chemicals are released by tobacco products. This study aims to explore the effects of tobacco toxicants on human health and environmental pollution. Four districts (Dhaka, Kushtia, Chattogram and Rangpur) were selected where most of the tobacco product grown. Total 468 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge about toxicant content in tobacco and health and environmental hazards of tobacco use. Survey results revealed that about 44.4% respondents used smoking tobacco products and 38.5% used smokeless tobacco, while only 17.1% used both. About two third (74.3%) of smoking tobacco users started smoking when they were between 15 to 24 years old and majority (61.6%) of smokeless tobacco users started tobacco when they were between 30 to 35 years above. Tobacco product has large impacts on health of young smokers. Smokers are suffering from various acute and chronic diseases. Among the respondents, 38% indicated that they were suffering from hypertension. The second most affected disease was COPD/Asthma (31.6%), while cancer was the least suffering disease (0.4%). Majority of the respondents were not aware about the presence of toxicants (i.e. nicotine, tar and metals) in tobacco products. However, 85.1% tobacco users had an idea about environmental pollution. There is a lack of knowledge among the survey respondents about toxicants in tobacco products that are linked to health hazards and environmental pollution. These results are important in strengthening existing policy considering adverse health effects of toxicants examined. Progressive Agriculture 31 (3): 130-143, 2020

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Correlates of attempting to quit smoking among adults in Bangladesh

Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students

A Comparison of Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviors, Intention to Quit, and Nicotine Dependence among Thai University Students

Promotion of behavioural change for health in a heterogeneous population

Impact of common tobacco products on human health and environmental pollution in Bangladesh

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