Systems and individual factors associated with smoking status: evidence from HINTS.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association of health care access/use, trust of physician advice, and depressive symptoms with the ability to sustain smoking cessation.


METHODS
Data from a nationally representative sample were used to compare current smokers (n = 1246), sustained quitters (n = 1502), and never smokers (n = 3277).


RESULTS
Sustained quitters reported fewer depressive symptoms (OR = 0.92) and were more likely to have health insurance (OR = 1.75) and a usual source of care (OR= 1.40) that they had seen within the last year (OR = 2.16) and that they were more likely to trust (OR = 1.40).


CONCLUSIONS
Identification of these factors may inform providers' efforts to target and assist in smoking cessation.
Finney Rutten
Lila J
LJ
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA.
Wanke
Kay
K
Augustson
Erik
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States