Smokers' Intention to Quit and Behavioral Interventions Used During Last Quit Attempt

• Activity Number: 503 - SPAAC Poster Competition
• Type: Topic Contributed
• Date/Time: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
• Sponsor: Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
• Author(s): Selena Leonardo* and Chiung-Ya Tang and Julia N. Soulakova
• Companies: University of Central Florida, Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine and University of Central Florida, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and University of Central Florida
• Keywords: Pharmacological smoking cessation methods ; Tobacco use ; Multistage survey ; Substance use

Abstract

The study assessed daily smokers' intentions to quit smoking associated with behavioral interventions they used while trying to quit smoking. The sample size was, 7,195, 15% were 18-24 years old, 41% were 25-44 years old, 38% were 45-64 years old, and 7% were 65+ years old; 51% were male; 80% were NH White, 12% were NH Black and 8% were Hispanic. The study used Balanced Repeated Replications with Fay correction for variance estimation. About 7% used at least one behavioral intervention. Using a behavioral intervention is significantly positively associated with smokers' intentions to quit smoking (p< 0.001). Among daily smokers who used a behavioral intervention, 74% intend to quit smoking within the next 6 months, while among those who did not use one, only 64% of smokers intend to quit. In addition, using a telephone helpline or quitline (p=0.028), one-on-one counseling (p=0.002), "stop smoking" clinic class or support group (p=0.002) and internet or web-based program (p=0.032) were positively associated with the intentions to quit smoking. While daily smokers tend to underuse behavioral interventions, these interventions are associated with higher intentions to quit smoking.