The natural history of efforts to stop smoking: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a prior study, we found changing tobacco use was more complex than previously thought, with users often transitioning between intending to quit and not intending to quit, and among typical use, abstinence, and reduction, on multiple occasions. The current study attempted to replicate those results.

Methods

A convenience sample of 40 tobacco smokers who intended to quit within the next 3 months called in nightly for 28 days to an interactive voice response system to report cigs/day and daily intentions to smoke or not for the next day. We provided no treatment.

Results

Within the month of the study, 32% of smokers had multiple episodes of intentions to not smoke, and 64% transitioned among smoking as usual, abstinence, and reduction status on multiple occ

SUBMITTER: Hughes JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3546266 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature