Comparison of the smoking behaviour and attitudes of smokers who attribute respiratory symptoms to smoking with those who do not.
General practitioners' (GPs') advice against smoking helps smokers to stop; unfortunately, GPs cannot predict which patients will quit following advice. This postal questionnaire survey suggests that where smokers attribute their respiratory symptoms to smoking, they are eight times (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.0-23.3) more likely to believe that their health will improve if they stop smoking and six times (95% CI = 1.4-23.3) more likely to intend to stop smoking.
Walters
Nikki
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Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester.
Coleman
Tim
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*