Spousal and Alcohol-Related Predictors of Smoking Cessation: A Longitudinal Study in a Community Sample of Married Couples

Abstract

We investigated the longitudinal influence of spousal and individual heavy drinking and heavy smoking on smoking cessation among married couples. Couples' (N = 634) past-year smoking, alcohol problems, and heavy drinking were assessed. We used an event history analysis and found that spousal and one's own heavy smoking and one's own heavy drinking decreased the likelihood of smoking cessation. Heavy drinking and spousal behavior should be considered when developing public health interventions and policies for smoking cessation.

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The Importance of Partner Support and Psychological Status in Smoking Cessation

“…The positive support of partners had been showed to increase the success rate of smoking cessation programs (17 (18). In addition, smokers with non-smoker partners are more likely to quit smoking (9,19). Smoker partners may be less supportive during their spouse' s attempt to quit because they may think that they have to change their own smoking behaviors (20).…”

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