Lifestyle and Long-Term Smoking Cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, discouraging smoking initiation, encouraging smoking cessation, and exploring factors that help individuals to stay smoke free are immensely important. One such relevant factor may be the impact of lifestyle for long-term smoking cessation.

Method

A representative sample of successful quitters was recruited for a study about smoking cessation. These respondents are now part of a 7-year follow-up with the overall aim of revealing factors affecting long-term smoking cessation. Descriptive analyses were carried out at baseline and at follow-up, as well as a further two-step cluster analysis to explore profiles of long-term smoke-free individuals.

Results

A majority did not make any particular lifestyle c

SUBMITTER: Sohlberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576910 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature