Does free or lower cost smoking cessation medication stimulate quitting? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands and UK Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether mentioning free or lower cost smoking cessation medication as a trigger for thinking about quitting is related to higher medication use, more quit attempts and quit success, and whether these associations are modified by education and income.

Methods

Data were derived from the 2013 and 2014 surveys of the International Tobacco Control Netherlands (n=1164) and UK (n=768) cohort. Logistic regression analyses were used to assess associations between mentioning in 2013 that free/lower cost smoking cessation medication was a trigger for thinking about quitting smoking and the use of medication, quit attempts and smoking cessation in 2014.

Results

37.0% of smokers in the UK and 24.9% of smokers in the Netherlands mentioned free/lower cost me

SUBMITTER: van den Brand FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6531679 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature