Adherence to Varenicline and Abstinence Rates for Quitting Smoking in a Private Health Promotion Center-Based Smoking Cessation Clinic

Smoking is a global health risk factor despite the efforts to control and the existance of tobacco cessation program. The objective of this study was to measure the proportion of people who failed to quit smoking at the end of six months after attending the smoking cessation clinic and to identify the factors associated with failure to quit. We used an analytical cross-sectional design which was conducted at Taif city, Saudi Arabia between January 2019 and March 2020. The attendees of smoking cessation clinic were invited to participate in the study. We used a questionnaire as the data collection too. The statistical package for the social sciences (IBM Corp. Released 2020. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 27.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp ) was used to analyze the data. The total responses was 393, out of them 201 (51.1%) failed to quit smoking after six months. Age, marital status, income, and occupation were significantly associated with the outcome variable (quit or not). Even before attending the clinic (62.3%) have indicated previous failed attempts. Among the different types of smoking, hookah showed a significant association with failure, while nicotine dependence did not showed any significance. Failure to quit was associated with advanced age, smoking hookah, while those who indicated the price of tobacco products as a reason to quit were more prone to fail in quitting smoking. In conclusion, smoking cessation can be influenced by a sociodemographic factors, willingness and family support. Smoking hookah is associated with higher rates of failure to quit smoking.

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Characteristics and Predictors of Abstinence Among Smokers of a Smoking Cessation Clinic in Hunan China

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.615817 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Yina Hu ◽

Jianghua Xie ◽

Xiaochang Chang ◽

Jianhua Chen ◽

Wei Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Operational Experience ◽

Individual Counseling ◽

Quit Smoking ◽

Binary Regression Analysis ◽

Counseling And Assessment ◽

Cessation Clinic ◽

Smoking Cessation Clinic

Background: More than 300 million smokers make China the largest cigarette consumer globally, which is a huge economic burden. Smoking cessation (SC) clinics can offer counseling and follow-up services. The operational experience of SC clinics in China needs to be summarized and improved based on research evidence.Purpose: The objectives of this study were to describe quit rates among attendees of SC clinics in Hunan and assess predictors of successful SC.Methods: The participants in this study were smokers who visited the SC clinic of Hunan Cancer Hospital from February 1, 2015 to September 30, 2018. Individuals who received individual counseling and assessment from the SC clinic staff and were willing to quit smoking were eligible for inclusion. Those with critical illness or cancer were excluded. Application of smoking cessation clinic registration form (unified by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention) was used to assess participants at the consultation. Follow-ups and counseling were performed over telephone at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after the initial cessation consultation or in times of need. Successful SC was checked for at 3 months after the start of SC.Results: A total of 328 smokers (mean age 45.67 ± 12.38 years) had participated. The abstinence rate at 3 months was 28.4%. Binary regression analysis revealed significant independent predictors to be the total numbers of SC follow up sessions, previous SC attempts, and participants' decision on when to quit smoking (The relative to quit immediately group, quit within 30 days, quit after 30 days, and undecided quit were less likely to succeed in quitting. while quit within seven days had no statistical significance.Conclusion: SC clinics can achieve a desirably high quit rate. Participant's previous attempts at quitting, three or more follow-ups, and the decision to quit immediately or within seven days were factors helpful in predicting the success of SC.

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Factors affecting success and abstinence within a smoking cessation clinic: A one-year follow-up study in Turkey

Tobacco Prevention & Cessation ◽

10.18332/tpc/130471 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (December) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Ayse Esen ◽

Yuksel Soylem ◽

Secil Arica ◽

Gulten Belgin ◽

Nadire Gonultas

Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

One Year ◽

Cessation Clinic ◽

Smoking Cessation Clinic

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Predictors of success in a smoking cessation clinic

Journal of General Internal Medicine ◽

10.1007/bf02600163 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 702-704 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Scott E. Sherman ◽

Ming Ming Wang ◽

Bob Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

Predictors Of Success ◽

Cessation Clinic ◽

Smoking Cessation Clinic

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Differences in the Effectiveness of Health Promotion through Video and Interactive Dialogue on Smoking Cessation Interest Among Teenagers in Palembang

Community Medicine and Education Journal ◽

10.37275/cmej.v2i1.111 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 128-138

Author(s):

Vondy Holianto

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Smoking Cessation ◽

Experimental Approach ◽

Mean Value ◽

Control Group ◽

Group Research ◽

Quitting Smoking ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Mean ◽

Video Group

Cigarettes have long been recognized as a risk factor for various health problems, and are the world's largest preventable cause of death1. Teenagers are more easily influenced especially by social groups to do negative things, such as smoking2. Currently the trend to start smoking is increasing among teenagers. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of health promotion presented in the form of audio-visual and interactive dialogue on interest in quitting smoking in teens in Palembang. This research is an analytic study through a quasi-experimental approach with a pretest-posttest two group research design without control group. The research sample consisted of 206 teenage smokers, divided into 2 groups, namely 103 teenage in the video group and 103 teenage in the interactive dialogue group. This study uses paired t-test, Wilcoxon, and Mann Whitney test. This study reveals that health promotion through video media and interactive dialogue is effective to elevate the knowledge and interest in smoking cessation among teenagers (p = 0.000 α = 0.05). The mean value of knowledge and interest in the interactive dialogue group is higher than in the video group. However, there was no difference concerning effectiveness of health promotion through interactive dialogue and videos on the knowledge and interest in quitting smoking among teenagers. (p = 0.21 α = 0.05).

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