Smoking cessation patterns and predictors among adult Californians of Korean descent

Abstract

This paper describes smoking cessation among adult California residents of Korean descent, based on a telephone survey (N = 2,830). The overall quit rate (number of former smokers divided by number of ever-smokers) was 55.0% (55.8% among males and 49.6% among females). Acculturation was negatively associated with 90-day abstinence after controlling for demographic, social support, health belief, environmental, lifestyle, and respiratory illness history variables (OR = 0.59, 95% CI = 0.38-0.91). Those with lower acculturation, higher body mass index, a social network discouraging smoking, home smoking restriction, correct beliefs about smoking harm, and significant concern about one's health were most likely to quit smoking for 90 days or longer. Results suggest that social and situational conditions should be included in the design of smoking cessation interventions among Koreans.

Quitting Patterns and Predictors of Success Among Participants in a Tobacco Cessation Program Provided by Pharmacists in New Mexico

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Fatores associados ao índice de cessação do hábito de fumar em duas diferentes populações adultas (Projetos Bambuí e Belo Horizonte)

“…O aumento do índice de cessação do tabagismo com a idade pode ser atribuído aos seguintes fatores: (1) por ser uma medida acumulativa, a probabilidade de indivíduos mais velhos reportarem a interrupção do hábito de fumar é maior do que entre os mais jovens 12 ; (2) o hábito de fumar reduz com a idade como conseqüência de problemas de saúde e/ou devido a preocupações com a mesma 14,25 ; e (3) viés de sobrevivência, devido à maior sobrevida dos ex-fumantes, em comparação aos indivíduos que permanecem fumando 10,11,26 .…”

“…Nos Estados Unidos, o índice de cessação do hábito de fumar para a população adulta foi igual a 50,3% 9 . Entre coreanos que vivem na Califórnia observou-se um índice um pouco mais elevado (55%) entre os maiores de 18 anos 14 . No Brasil, os dados do inquérito domiciliar, anteriormente mencionado, mostraram que este índice variou entre 44 e 58,3% nas capitais pesquisadas 8 .…”

Parent quit attempts after counseling to reduce children's secondhand smoke exposure and promote cessation: Main and moderating relationships

“…To measure permissiveness of home smoking rules, we asked the mother to choose among four possible descriptions of how cigarette smoking in her home is handled: (a) No one is allowed to smoke in your home; (b) only special guests are allowed to smoke in your home; (c) people are allowed to smoke only in certain areas in your home; (d) people are allowed to smoke anywhere in your home. This measure has demonstrated correlations with SHSe and cessation in our studies with Mexican Americans ( Martinez-Donate et al, 2007 ) and Korean Americans ( Ji et al, 2005 ).…”