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KMID : 0384320070280010039
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2007 Volume.28 No. 1 p.39 ~ p.44
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The Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Korea
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Lee Eon-Sook
Seo Hong-Gwan
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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. (J Korean Acad Fam Med 2007;28:39-44)
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KEYWORD
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smoking, smoking cessation, nicotine dependence, support
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