Date: May 18 2020
Summary: Common positive and negative factors facilitating smoking cessation.
Keywords: ##zettel #predictors #factors #positive #negative #drinking #support #stress #archive
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Positive predictors facilitating quitting over 2 years were [1]:
Being married
Higher education
Higher social support
Using a set quit date
Quitting previously for over 90 days
Negative factors associated with quitting [1]:
Binge drinking
Higher nicotine dependency
Greater tension (stress)
Smoking-related medical conditions
Previous use of two or more quitting programs
Zelko, Jacob. Predictors and Factors Affecting Smoking Cessation. https://jacobzelko.com/05182020005014-smoking-recovery-indicators. May 18 2020.
[1] L. E. Carlson, P. Taenzer, J. Koopmans, and B. D. Bultz, “Eight-year follow-up of a community-based large group behavioral smoking cessation intervention,” Addictive Behaviors, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 725–741, Sep. 2000, doi: 10.1016/S0306-4603(00)00081-2.