Natural History of Attempts to Stop Smoking
Natural History of Attempts to Stop Smoking
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DOI:
10.1093/ntr/ntu052
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发表时间:
2014-09-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Callas, Peter W.
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作者:
Hughes, John R.;Solomon, Laura J.;Callas, Peter W.
Introduction: This study provides a prospective fine-grain description of the incidence and pattern of intentions to quit, quit attempts, abstinence, and reduction in order to address several clinical questions about self-quitting.Methods: A total of 152 smokers who planned to quit in the next 3 months called nightly for 12 weeks to an Interactive Voice Response system to report cigarettes/day, quit attempts, intentions to smoke or not in the next day, and so forth. No treatment was provided.Results: Most smokers (60%) made multiple transitions among smoking, reduction, and abstinence. Intention to not smoke or quit often did not result in a quit attempt but were still strong predictors of a quit attempt and eventual abstinence. Most quit attempts (79%) lasted less than 1 day; about one fifth (18%) of the participants were abstinent at 12 weeks. The majority of quit attempts (72%) were not preceded by an intention to quit. Such quit attempts were shorter than quit attempts preceded by an intention to quit (