Moderators of the association between regular smoking exposure and motivation and attempts to quit: a repeat cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate the associations between regular exposure to smoking by other people and motivation and attempts to quit among current smokers. To examine whether socio-demographic and other factors moderate these associations.

Design

A repeat nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Data were collected monthly between November 2014 and February 2019.

Setting

England.

Participants

Current smokers ≥16 years of age from the Smoking Toolkit Study (n = 15 136).

Measurements

Participants were asked whether other people regularly smoke in their presence, how motivated they were to quit and whether they had made a quit attempt in the past year. Moderators assessed were occupation-based social grade, housing tenure, urges to smoke, high-risk alcohol co

SUBMITTER: Tattan-Birch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612132 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature