High levels of smoker regret by ethnicity and socioeconomic status: national survey data.

Some previous international work has studied levels of regret among smokers. In Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US, the proportion of smokers who agreed, or agreed strongly, with the statement “If you had to do it over again, you would not have started smoking”, was very high (range: 89.2% to 91.3%).1 This study also reported significantly lower regret by higher level of education, but no significant differences by ethnicity or income. Recommended Citation Wilson, N., Edwards, R., Weerasekera, D. (2009). High levels of smoker regret by ethnicity and socioeconomic status: National survey data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122 (1292), 99-100. Link To PDF: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=19448782