Feng Gao|Yuan Jiang|Q. Li|Hua?Hie Yong|Tara Elton?Marshall|Libo Yuan|L. Li|Nathália Mariana Santos Sansone|Geoffrey T. Fong
Individual-level factors associated with intentions to quit smoking among adult smokers in six cities of China: findings from the ITC China Survey
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention|Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention|Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention|Cancer Council Victoria|Victorian Health Promotion Foundation|University of Waterloo|University of Waterloo|Cancer Council Victoria|Victorian Health Promotion Foundation|University of Waterloo|University of Waterloo
350 million smokers live china represents nearly onethird smoking population world smoking cessation critically needed help reduce harms burden caused smokingrelated diseases therefore important identify determinants quitting quit intentions among smokers china knowledge would potential guide future tobacco control policies programs could increase quit rates chinato identify correlates intentions quit smoking among representative sample adult smokers six cities chinadata wave 1 2006 international tobacco control itc policy evaluation project china survey facetoface survey adult chinese smokers six cities beijing shenyang shanghai changsha guangzhou yinchuan analysed households sampled using stratified multistage design 800 smokers surveyed selected city total n4815past quit attempts duration past attempts heaviness smoking index hsi outcome expectancy quitting worry future health overall opinion smoking found independently associated intentions quit smoking demographic characteristics notthe determinants quit intentions among smokers china fairly similar found among smokers western countries despite fact interest quitting considerably lower among chinese smokers identifying determinants quit intentions provides possibilities shaping effective policies programs increasing quitting among smokers china