Abstract
Background: The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) explanation of smoking cessation intentions consists of gender differences. The purpose of this study is to adopt the extended TPB to discuss factors influencing the smoking cessation intentions of young adult volunteer soldiers and to further compare the respective factors for both genders. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 139 and 165 male and female volunteer soldiers who smoked, respectively. Research participants completed a self-administered questionnaire that comprised items pertaining to the participants’ demographic characteristics, smoking behaviours, smoking cessation experiences, social environments, and TPB variables. Results: Subjective norms (friends) are a positive key factor for young adult male (β = 0.033, p = 0.012) and female (β = 0.076, p < 0.001) volunteer soldiers’ smoking cessation intentions, and perceived behavioural control is a key factor for male young (β = 0.226, p = 0.040) adult volunteer soldiers’ smoking cessation intention. The extended TPB accounted for 27.9% and 53.2% of the variance in the intention to quit smoking in the male and female volunteer soldiers, respectively. Conclusions: We suggest that smoking cessation strategies can reinforce gender-specific intervention strategies to assist young adult volunteer soldiers in smoking cessation.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared smoking to be the top cause of preventable deaths in recent years
This study revealed that the average smoking cessation intention scores of female and male volunteer soldiers were not significantly different, and both were lower than the scale’s median score
This study reveals that perceived behavioural control (PBC) was exclusively related to male young adult volunteer soldiers’ smoking cessation intentions and served as the most influential factor among the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) variables
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared smoking to be the top cause of preventable deaths in recent years. Over seven million deaths are caused by smoking-related diseases worldwide. This number exceeds that of deaths caused by AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined [1]. As. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) explanation of smoking cessation intentions consists of gender differences. The purpose of this study is to adopt the extended TPB to discuss factors influencing the smoking cessation intentions of young adult volunteer soldiers and to further compare the respective factors for both genders. Data were collected from 139 and 165 male and female volunteer soldiers who smoked, respectively. Results: Subjective norms (friends) are a positive key factor for young adult male (β = 0.033, p = 0.012) and female (β = 0.076, p < 0.001)
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