Open AccessUnderstanding the Association Between Spontaneous Quit Attempts and Improved Smoking Cessation Success Rates: A Population Survey in England With 6-Month Follow-up
Author(s) -
Claire Garnett,
Lion Shahab,
Tobias Raupach,
Robert A. West,
Jamie Brown
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntz115
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , odds , medicine , demography , odds ratio , logistic regression , quit smoking , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Almost half of smoking quit attempts are "spontaneous" (initiated as soon as the decision to quit has been made) and are associated with increased success rates. This study aimed to assess to what extent other factors may account for this association.