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Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey

Background: South Korea has made substantial progress on tobacco control, but cigarette smoking prevalence is still high. Previous studies were conducted before the use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) or heated tobacco products (HTPs) became popular. Thus, whether the concurrent use of NVPs or HT...

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Autores principales: Han, Minjung, Seo, Donghee, Kim, Yeol, Seo, Hong Gwan, Cho, Sung-il, Lee, Sungkyu, Lim, Sujin, Kaai, Susan C., Quah, Anne C. K., Yan, Mi, Xu, Steve S., Fong, Geoffrey T.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078553
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710839
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author Han, Minjung
Seo, Donghee
Kim, Yeol
Seo, Hong Gwan
Cho, Sung-il
Lee, Sungkyu
Lim, Sujin
Kaai, Susan C.
Quah, Anne C. K.
Yan, Mi
Xu, Steve S.
Fong, Geoffrey T.
author_facet Han, Minjung
Seo, Donghee
Kim, Yeol
Seo, Hong Gwan
Cho, Sung-il
Lee, Sungkyu
Lim, Sujin
Kaai, Susan C.
Quah, Anne C. K.
Yan, Mi
Xu, Steve S.
Fong, Geoffrey T.
author_sort Han, Minjung
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description Background: South Korea has made substantial progress on tobacco control, but cigarette smoking prevalence is still high. Previous studies were conducted before the use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) or heated tobacco products (HTPs) became popular. Thus, whether the concurrent use of NVPs or HTPs affects quit intentions among Korean smokers remains a question that needs to be explored. This study aims to identify predictors of quit intentions among cigarette-only smokers and concurrent users of cigarettes and NVPs or HTPs. Methods: Data were from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey. Included in the analysis were 3778 adult cigarette smokers: 1900 at-least-weekly exclusive smokers and 1878 at-least-weekly concurrent smokers and HTP or NVP users. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results: Quit intentions were reported by 66.4% of respondents. Factors significantly associated with quit intentions included younger age, having a spouse/partner, lower nicotine dependence, reporting a past quit attempt, regretting starting smoking, believing that smoking had damaged health, worrying that smoking will damage future health, and perceiving health benefits of quitting. Current use of NVPs or HTPs was not significantly associated with quit intentions. Conclusions: This study contributes the following to current literature: intrinsic health-related beliefs were more important than societal norms in shaping quit intentions. These findings should be considered in shaping future smoking cessation policies, such as reinforcing education programs that emphasize the benefits of quitting for personal health reasons, lowering nicotine dependence, and encouraging multiple quit attempts and successful quitting.
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spelling pubmed-95180682022-09-29 Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey Han, Minjung Seo, Donghee Kim, Yeol Seo, Hong Gwan Cho, Sung-il Lee, Sungkyu Lim, Sujin Kaai, Susan C. Quah, Anne C. K. Yan, Mi Xu, Steve S. Fong, Geoffrey T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: South Korea has made substantial progress on tobacco control, but cigarette smoking prevalence is still high. Previous studies were conducted before the use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) or heated tobacco products (HTPs) became popular. Thus, whether the concurrent use of NVPs or HTPs affects quit intentions among Korean smokers remains a question that needs to be explored. This study aims to identify predictors of quit intentions among cigarette-only smokers and concurrent users of cigarettes and NVPs or HTPs. Methods: Data were from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey. Included in the analysis were 3778 adult cigarette smokers: 1900 at-least-weekly exclusive smokers and 1878 at-least-weekly concurrent smokers and HTP or NVP users. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results: Quit intentions were reported by 66.4% of respondents. Factors significantly associated with quit intentions included younger age, having a spouse/partner, lower nicotine dependence, reporting a past quit attempt, regretting starting smoking, believing that smoking had damaged health, worrying that smoking will damage future health, and perceiving health benefits of quitting. Current use of NVPs or HTPs was not significantly associated with quit intentions. Conclusions: This study contributes the following to current literature: intrinsic health-related beliefs were more important than societal norms in shaping quit intentions. These findings should be considered in shaping future smoking cessation policies, such as reinforcing education programs that emphasize the benefits of quitting for personal health reasons, lowering nicotine dependence, and encouraging multiple quit attempts and successful quitting. MDPI 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9518068/ /pubmed/36078553 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710839 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Han, Minjung
Seo, Donghee
Kim, Yeol
Seo, Hong Gwan
Cho, Sung-il
Lee, Sungkyu
Lim, Sujin
Kaai, Susan C.
Quah, Anne C. K.
Yan, Mi
Xu, Steve S.
Fong, Geoffrey T.
Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title_full Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title_fullStr Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title_full_unstemmed Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title_short Factors Associated with Quit Intentions among Adult Smokers in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 ITC Korea Survey
title_sort factors associated with quit intentions among adult smokers in south korea: findings from the 2020 itc korea survey
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078553
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710839
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