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Do smokers want to quit?

R Mullins¹, R Borland

¹Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Melbourne.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

|August 1, 1996

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Most smokers want to quit smoking if it were painless. This suggests perceived difficulty, not disinterest, hinders cessation efforts for many tobacco users.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Behavioral Science

Background:

Many smokers attempt to quit annually.
Intentions to quit do not fully reflect underlying desire to stop smoking.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the proportion of smokers interested in quitting if cessation were painless.
To assess smoker receptivity to smoking cessation.

Main Methods:

Survey of 601 Victorian smokers in 1993.
Question: "If you could quit painlessly would you quit smoking or would you continue to smoke?"

Main Results:

75% of smokers would quit if cessation were painless.
13% showed other interest in quitting.
Only 12% were not interested in stopping.

Conclusions:

A large majority of smokers are receptive to quitting.
Perceived difficulty may be a significant barrier to smoking cessation.
Few smokers outright reject smoking cessation messages.