If at first you don't succeed, when should you try again? A prospective study of failed quit attempts and subsequent smoking cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the association between likelihood of success of smoking cessation attempts and time since most recent attempt.

Methods

Prospective study of 823 smokers who reported a failed quit attempt in the last 12 months at baseline and ≥1 quit attempt over 6-month follow-up. The input variable was time in months between the end (and in an exploratory analysis, the start) of the most recent failed quit attempt reported retrospectively at baseline and start of the first attempt made during the 6-month follow-up period. The outcome variable was success in the latter quit attempt.

Results

Success rates for failed quitters who waited <3, 3-6, and 6-12 months between their failed quit attempt ending and making a subsequent quit attempt were 13.8%, 17.5%, and 19.0%

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7163297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature