Abstract
Abstract Background Smoking cessation is strongly associated with motivational factors. It is possible that individuals who have successfully stopped smoking have different conditions and judgments about their own health. Objective To evaluate the relationship between tobacco-related diseases, health perception, and successful smoking cessation in Brazil. Method Cross-sectional observational study using data from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS - 2013). Sociodemographic and health-related variables were considered in this study. Logistic regression modeling was carried out considering smoking cessation as outcome. Results Successful smoking cessation attempt was associated with age (OR=2.9, p=0.004), marital status (OR=1.69, p<0.001), level of education (OR=1.34, p<0.001), socioeconomic status (OR=1.58, p<0.001), census status (OR=1.07; p<0.001), access to pro-tobacco advertising (OR=1.74, p<0.001), anti-tobacco campaigns (OR=3.30; p<0.001) and, in particular, living with other smokers (OR=9.65; p<0.001). Conclusion Knowledge about sociodemographic and census status variables is relevant to the assessment of future specific health promotion policies.
Highlights
Brazil has been suffering with the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which are expected to increase, due to population aging[1]
This study aims to evaluate the relationship between tobacco-related diseases, health perception, and successful smoking cessation in Brazil
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey of 1989 and the World Health Survey of 2003, the prevalence of smoking in the adult Brazilian population has decreased by 35%, at an average rate of 2.5% per year, going from 34.8% in 1989 to 22.4% in 200317
Summary
Brazil has been suffering with the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which are expected to increase, due to population aging[1]. A significant number of studies have evaluated the determining and conditional factors of smoking cessation, such as demographic characteristics (age, race, level of education, income, occupation)[6,7,8], intensity of exposure to nicotine[9,10,11] or to passive smoking[7,11,12], and previous smoking cessation attempts among current smokers[6,8]; there is no consensus on the magnitude of these associations[13]. Results: Successful smoking cessation attempt was associated with age (OR=2.9, p=0.004), marital status (OR=1.69, p
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