title: Predictors of persistent smoking and quitting among women smokers.
abstract: This study examined predictors of persistent tobacco smoking and smoking cessation in a longitudinal study of women's health. The sample consisted of 575 women, with an average age of 34 years at baseline. Follow-up occurred some 13 years later. Two models of smoking behavior were examined, the first identifying correlates of daily smoking at baseline and the second identifying predictors of subsequent quitting at follow-up among those smoking at baseline. Poor maternal education, being young at birth of first child, high level of anxiety, having a partner who smoked, and high tea/coffee consumption were all associated with smoking at baseline. Being a young mother and number of cigarettes smoked at baseline predicted subsequent persistent smoking while high levels of anxiety significantly predicted subsequent quitting.
authors.affiliation: Social and Behavioral Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Box 913, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand. rob.mcgee@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McGee
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003069:Coffee; D004522:Educational Status; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013662:Tea
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D013662:Tea