The intention of quitting smoking and its influencing factors:a survey of 734 smokers in Guangzhou City
- VernacularTitle:广州市734名吸烟者戒烟意愿调查及影响因素分析
- Author:
Yuanyun XIAO
;
Aihua LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Smoking cessation;
Factor analysis,statistical
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2008;7(5):328-329
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The intention of quitting smoking and its influencing factors were surveyed with questionnaire developed by Chinese Center for Disease Control in 734 smokers in Guangzhou City.The results showed that 57.6%of the interviewed smokers intended to quit smoking.Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that 5 factors were significantly associated with the quitting intention:the attitude against smoking of family,educational background,the cost of cigarettes,addiction to smoking,awareness of the harm of smoking to health.
