J Korean Acad Fam Med.
2007 Jan;28(1):39-44.
The Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Korea
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- 1Department of Family Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Kyongki, Korea. leejeny@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- 2Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, National Cancer Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: We conducted a cross-sectional survey to determine the associated factors with successful smoking cessation, longer than 1 year, as compared with current smokers who had made at least one attempt to quit in the past and failed.
METHODS
Smokers and ex-smokers were randomly selected by stratification at three levels (geographic location of home, age and sex). Among the subjects were 97 ex-smokers who had stopped smoking longer than 1 year and 71 current smokers, who had made at least one prior attempt to quit. Nicotine dependence and number of the smokers in the 5 closest friends were measured.
RESULTS
A high Fagerstrom score (OR=0.784; CI 0.667~0.921) and the number of the smokers among their 5 closest friends (OR=0.681; CI 0.511~0.909) were significantly associated with a relapse in smoking adjusting confounding factors such as age, sex, alcohol consumption and so on.
CONCLUSION
In Korean ex-smokers, lower nicotine dependence and the number of friends who smoked were associated factors in successful smoking cessation longer than 1 year.
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