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A Voluntary Smokers' Registry: Characteristics of joiners and non-joiners in the Community Intervention Trial for
B Thompson1, L E Rich, W R Lynn
1Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Objectives:
This paper examines differences between joiners and nonjoiners of a voluntary smokers' registry.
Methods:
A baseline prevalence survey was used to identify characteristics of smokers who joined or did not join a smokers' registry.
Results:
Communities varied significantly in registry enrollment rates. Heavy-smoking joiners expressed more desire to quit, were more likely to live with nonsmokers, and were older than nonjoiners. Light-to-moderate joiners smoked more, were more addicted to cigarettes, and expressed more desire to quit than nonjoiners.
Conclusions:
Few baseline characteristics differentiated joiners from nonjoiners. Nonjoiners were significantly more likely to achieve cessation than joiners.