OBJECTIVES We aim to describe the intention to quit smoking among Chinese male smokers from different educational backgrounds and to explain this intention from their attitude, perceived social norms and self-efficacy regarding smoking cessation. SETTING Participants were recruited from workplaces and communities to reflect the occupational distribution in three cities (Shanghai, Nanning and ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which intensity and timing of televised anti-smoking advertising emphasizing the serious harms of smoking influences quit attempts. METHODS Using advertising gross rating points (GRPs), we estimated exposure to tobacco control and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) advertising in the 3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12 months prior to follow-up of a replenished cohort of 3...

This study examined whether the opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone is efficacious in smoking cessation and whether sex moderates the response. We assessed smoking quit rates and weight gain in a double-blind randomized trial comparing oral naltrexone (n = 162) with placebo (n = 154) in nicotine-dependent participants who wanted to quit smoking. The medication was gradually titrated up to 50 ...

Research has shown that proactive tobacco cessation quitlines are effective in increasing quit rates 4-fold, compared to quitting with no counseling support. In Wisconsin, the state-funded Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line has documented a quit rate of 22%, with an estimated 6700 individuals quitting as a result of receiving Quit Line services. Since its launch in 2001, the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Lin...

AIM To examine changes in nicotine withdrawal, nicotine craving, self-efficacy to quit smoking, and perceived control over withdrawal symptoms as predictors of smoking cessation following behavioral counseling and nicotine replacement therapy in a sample of smokers. DESIGN AND SETTING The data were ascertained from a randomized effectiveness trial comparing nicotine patch to nicotine lozenge....

This paper develops a theoretical model of a worker’s decision problem under uncertainty about the optimal separation time, when holding a representative outside offer but facing fixed costs of quitting. Implications of the model’s closed form solution are consistent with the quit behavior of workers from a large Dutch company.  2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of an intensive quit-smoking intervention on smoking rates at 36 weeks' gestation among pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (n = 263) attending their first antenatal visit at one of three Aboriginal community-controlled ...

OBJECTIVE Tobacco, widely used in China, poses a major risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study assessed health outcomes of COPD-diagnosed smokers vs. never smokers and examined treatment patterns of patients attempting to quit smoking in urban China. METHODS National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS) 2010 and 2012 China data were analysed. Respondents self-reporting ...

OBJECTIVE To assess change between 1996 and 2006 in smoking prevalence, cigarette consumption, quit attempts, motivation to quit and advice received from physicians in Geneva, Switzerland. METHODS Postal surveys in cross-sectional, representative samples of the general population of Geneva in 1996 and 2006. RESULTS There were 742 participants in 1996 (response rate 75%) and 1487 in 2006 (re...

BACKGROUND Current smokers exhibit a higher rate of betel-quid chewing than non-smokers. However, little is known regarding the extent to which betel-quid chewing may affect attempts to quit smoking and smoking cessation. The aim of the present study is to examine the association between betel-quid chewing and patterns of quitting smoking. Specifically, we explore whether betel-quid chewing is ...