%0 Journal Article
%T Correlates of smoking quit attempts: Florida Tobacco Callback Survey, 2007
%A Evelyn P Davila
%A Wei Zhao
%A Margaret Byrne
%A Monica Webb
%A Yougie Huang
%A Kristopher Arheart
%A Noella Dietz
%A Alberto Caban-Martinez
%A Dorothy Parker
%A David J Lee
%J Tobacco Induced Diseases
%D 2009
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1617-9625-5-10
%X Data from the 2007 telephone-based Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and its follow-up survey, the Tobacco Callback Survey, were used to assess determinants of having ever attempted to quit smoking and attempted to quit smoking in the past 12 months. All analyses were conducted using SAS.Among 3,560 current smokers, 41.5% reported having tried to quit smoking in the past 12 months while 83.4% reported having ever tried to quit. Having a history of a tobacco-related medical condition was significantly associated with both recent (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 1.41 [Confidence Interval 1.19¨C1.65]) and lifetime quit attempts (AOR 1.43 [1.15¨C1.79]). Greater nicotine dependence and being advised by a physician to quit smoking were also positively associated with lifetime quit attempts.Receipt of healthcare provider advice to quit smoking in the past 12 months and a strong belief that quitting following a long history of regular smoking would not result in health benefits and belief that there are health benefits to quitting smoking were associated with lifetime quit attempts.Targeted smoking cessation interventions are needed for smokers with selected medical conditions and with high nicotine dependence. The importance of physician advice in encouraging individuals to quit is further highlighted.The 1964 Surgeon General's report on the effects of cigarette smoking on respiratory and cardiovascular health prompted interest in ways to decrease the prevalence of smoking [1], which has been a prominent public health goal since the report was issued. However, cigarette smoking continues to be a major determinant of poor health in the United States. Although the prevalence of smoking has declined since the 1964 report [1,2], 43 million adult smokers in the United States continue to smoke, which represents 20% of the adult population [3]. Research suggests that smoking and secondhand smoke exposure combined were responsible for 438,000 premature deaths, 5.5
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