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Abstract
This investigation is a secondary analysis of demographic, smoking, and depression information in a global sample of Spanish- and English-speaking smokers who participated in a series of randomized controlled smoking cessation trials conducted via the Internet. The final sample consisted of 17,579 smokers from 157 countries. Smoking profiles were similar across languages and world regions and consistent with characteristics of participants in traditional smoking cessation studies. Participants were predominantly Spanish-speakers, evenly divided between men and women and relatively few indicated using traditional smoking cessation methods (e.g., groups or medication). This study demonstrates that substantial numbers of smokers from numerous countries seek Web-based smoking cessation resources and adds to the growing support for Web-assisted tobacco interventions as an additional tool to address the need for global smoking cessation efforts.
Highlights
There are an estimated 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, of whom 650 million are expected to die prematurely of a tobacco-related disease [1]
Global mortality projections indicate that deaths attributable to tobacco use will soon be responsible for 10% of all deaths worldwide [2]
This report does not include analyses on the costeffectiveness of Web-based smoking cessation trials, which is an important factor to consider when designing such interventions. This investigation demonstrates that smokers from many countries around the world are interested in participating in Web-based smoking cessation studies
Summary
There are an estimated 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, of whom 650 million are expected to die prematurely of a tobacco-related disease [1]. There exist multiple ways to help individual smokers quit, but limited resources often impede access to these cessation aids, especially in some regions of the world To reach this large number of smokers across multiple countries, smoking cessation interventions are needed that can be disseminated widely and at low cost. Given the increasing number of Internet smoking cessation interventions, researchers need to examine the characteristics of individuals who decide to participate in formal outcome studies of such interventions This will help develop evidence-based interventions for international samples of smokers using the Web to quit, as well as focus attention on those not reached, to develop campaigns that increase their participation. The purpose of the current investigation is to present secondary analyses of demographic, smoking, and depression characteristics of a large global sample of English- and Spanish-speaking smokers who participated in Internet-based smoking cessation randomized trials
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