Predicting Successful Smoking Cessation

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Many studies cite specific influences on the maintenance of cigarette smoking, but few focus on successful smoking cessation. In a retrospective study, 138 ex-smokers and 143 smokers, ranging from 17 to 93 years old, were interviewed to determine whether multiple physiological, environmental, social, and demographic variables could be used as predictors of successful smoking cessation. The ex-smoker group had abstained from smoking cigarettes for at least six months prior to the investigation. Smokers consumed at least three cigarettes a day or one pack a week. Regression analyses found that the order of variables differed for males and females in predicting successful cessation. For males, the significant predictors were (a) the absence of other smokers in the household; (b) whether the brand of cigarettes was high, medium, or low in nicotine content; (c) if the S's father was unable to quit; (d) marital status; (e) length of time smoked; and (f) age. For females, predictors were (a) length of time smoked; (b) age; (c) absence of other smokers in the household; and (d) family income.

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