Behavioural factors associated with cigarette quitting behaviour: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data collected in three low-income South African communities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the behavioural factors associated with sustained cigarette smoking cessation, and those associated with a current smoker attempting to quit, among current and former cigarette smokers living in low-income South African communities.

Setting

Three low-income areas in South Africa.

Design

In-person surveys with structured questions that asked respondents about their cigarette smoking and quitting behaviour, sociodemographic information and behavioural attributes.

Participants

Current smokers were eligible to participate if they had smoked at least one cigarette in the week prior to the interview (n=569). Former smokers were eligible if they had ever smoked cigarettes regularly in the past and had abstained from smoking for at least 6 months (n=

SUBMITTER: Filby S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758686 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature