SS 13.30-15.00 Special sessions
"YES, I QUIT" SMOKING CESSATION COURSE: DOES IT HELP WOMEN IN A LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY QUIT?
- AUTHORS: J O'Loughlin, G Paradis, L Renau, G Meshefedjian, T Barnett
- INSTITUTIONS : Department of Public Health, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (Quebec), Canada
Objectives
The objectives were to evaluate the impact of "Yes, I Quit", a smoking cessation course tailored for women in a low-income, low-education community, and to identify baseline predictors of short and longer-term cessation.
Methods
Impact was evaluated in a before-after study design with no comparison group. Baseline data were collected in self-administered questionnaires during the first session of the course. Follow-up data were collected in telephone interviews at one, three and six months after the designated Quit Day.
Results
Self-reported quit rates among 122 participants were 31.1%, 24.7% and 22,3% at one, three and six months. Non-quitters reduced their consumption by 10.3. 8.3 and 7.1 cigarettes per day at one, three and six months. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that being in excellent/good health was significantly associated with cessation at one month (odds ratio (OR) = 2.4). Being married (OR = 13.0) and no other smokers in the household (OR = 3.6) were associated with three-month cessation. Only being married was associated with six-month cessation (OR = 6.8).
Conclusion
"Yes, I Quit" produced quit rates among low-income, low-education participants comparable to those reported for cessation programmes directed at the general population of smokers. Good health is associated with early cessation, while support from a spouse is important to maintaining a nonsmoking status among quitters.
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Smoke Free Europe Conference Abstracts - 19 SEP 1996
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