Smoking Cessation Experience in Indonesia: Does the Non-smoking Wife Play a Role?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

More than 63% of Indonesian men are smokers, and smoking has long been a part of Indonesian culture and the concept of masculinity in Indonesian culture. Given the pro-smoking environment, we were interested in examining why smokers would willingly quit and whether their wives played a role in their quitting process as social factors are mentioned second most frequent as a reason for quitting smoking.

Design

In-depth interviews.

Method

We interviewed 11 couples (N = 22)-ex-smoking husbands and non-smoking wives-in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data were analysed by using the thematic analysis approach.

Results

Four themes were discussed: (1) reasons for stopping smoking, (2) the process of quitting smoking, (3) the wives' attitudes toward smoking,

SUBMITTER: Ayuningtyas DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8316595 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature