Asian immigrants to the U.S. are participants in a natural experiment on the effects of social norms on tobacco cessation. Smoking is socially acceptable in most Asian countries. When Asian smokers move to U.S. states such as California, they experience a radically different social norm toward smoking. This study examines ever smokers among two groups of Asian immigrants in California, Chinese ...

Introduction: Readiness to quit smoking a pattern of attitudes, intentions, and behaviors that reflect a likelihood of engaging in cessation activities—is a useful heuristic for understanding smoking disparities based on sexual orientation. This study examined demographic, tobacco-use patterns, psychosocial and cognitive factors associated with readiness to quit among gay and bisexual male smok...

The role of smoking in the development and prognosis cardiovascular disease had been clearly demonstrated. During cardiology specialist care rehabilitation, secondary prevention targeted treatment patients’ risk factors is a daily therapeutic routine line assistant tasks. Organized support for cessation strongly recommended context rehabilitation both high-risk population those who experienced ...

AIMS To compare abrupt and gradual smoking cessation. DESIGN AND SETTING Randomized trial and observational study, Internet, 2007-2010. PARTICIPANTS Smokers with no strong preference for abrupt or gradual quitting were randomly assigned to quitting immediately (n=472), or to gradually reducing their cigarette consumption over 2 weeks and then quit (n=502). Smokers who strongly preferred to ...

BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional research has suggested single cigarettes could either promote or inhibit consumption. The present study aimed to assess the effects of single cigarette availability and consumption on downstream quit behavior. METHODS We analyzed population-based, longitudinal data from adult smokers who participated in the 2008 and 2010 administrations of the International...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which the prevailing model of smoking cessation (that smokers typically prepare their attempts to stop smoking in advance and that doing so increases their chances of success) is correct. DESIGN Cross sectional household survey. SETTING England. PARTICIPANTS 918 smokers who reported having made at least one quit attempt and 996 ex-smokers aged 16 and over...

This study examined the relationship between television antismoking advertisements and the proportion of smokers who call a smokers' quitline who are ready to quit or have high confidence in quitting. The primary data of interest came from completed intake interviews of smokers. Using a generalized linear model, we modeled the proportion of Quitline callers who are ready to quit and/or have hig...

Introduction Initiating a quit attempt and achieving abstinence are distinct behaviors that have distinct correlates in general smokers. Studies predicting prenatal smoking have not addressed this. Methods Pregnant smokers (N = 207), recruited to a cessation intervention trial, were used as an observational cohort. Women completed measures at baseline and 12-week follow-up (mid-late pregnancy...