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Smoking cessation with and without assistance: a population-based analysis.

S Zhu¹, T Melcer, J Sun

¹University of California, San Diego, Cancer Center, La Jolla, California 92093-0905, USA.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

|May 2, 2000

Summary

Smoking cessation assistance use increased to 19.9% by 1996. Individuals using self-help, counseling, or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) had significantly higher success rates than those who did not.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Behavioral Science
Epidemiology

Background:

Smoking cessation is a major public health goal.
Understanding factors influencing quit attempts and success is crucial.
Previous data indicated lower usage rates of cessation aids.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the usage rates of smoking cessation assistance.
To compare the success rates of individuals using assistance versus those who did not.

Main Methods:

Analysis of the 1996 California Tobacco Survey data.
Inclusion of 4480 adults who attempted to quit smoking within the past year.
Calculation of demographic, smoking history, assistance usage, and abstinence rates.

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Main Results:

19.9% of quit attempts involved assistance (self-help, counseling, NRT).
Assistance usage varied by smoking intensity, gender, age, and ethnicity.
12-month abstinence rates were 15.2% for users versus 7.0% for non-users.

Conclusions:

Smoking cessation assistance usage nearly tripled between 1986 and 1996.
Assistance use is strongly associated with higher successful quitting rates.
Public health campaigns and increased availability likely contributed to higher usage and success.