Open AccessFactors Associated With Successful Smoking Cessation in the United States, 2000
Author(s) -
Chung-won Lee,
Jennifer Kahende
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.083527
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , quit smoking , environmental health , demography , gerontology , family medicine , sociology , pathology
Each year, nearly 2 in 5 cigarette smokers try to quit, but fewer than 10% succeed. Taking a multifaceted approach to examine the predictors of successfully quitting smoking, we identified factors associated with successful quitting so that cessation programs could be tailored to those at highest risk for relapse.