title: [Changes in smoking status among current male smokers and factors associated with smoking cessation success].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study (a) investigated the rate of smoking cessation sucess for current male smokers, and (b) identified the factors that are associated with the smoking cessation success.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from four follow-up surveys of 700 current male smokers. The follow-up period was from December 2004 to June 2005. Success of smoking cessation was defined as "maintaining a smoking cessation status for six months". The demographic and socioeconomic factors included age, the household income level and, occupation. The smoking behavioral factors were composed of the amount of smoking, the duration of smoking, the age of initiating smoking, the willingness to quit, the frequency of trying to quit smoking and the smoker's attitude toward the anti-smoking policies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of quitters increased from 6.6% to 11.0% during the follow-up period. The majority of quitters answered that the increase of tobacco price acted as cue to achieve smoking cessation. The age-standardized experience and success rate of smoking cessation were 16.0% (95% C.I.=13.0% to, 19.0%) and 4.5% (95% C.I.=3.0% to, 6.0%), respectively. On the multivariate analysis, success for smoking cessation was associated with the willingness to quit smoking, low prior tobacco consumption, and agreement on the tobacco price increase.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study suggest that the recent anti-smoking policies provided an opportunity to quit smoking. The results of this study can be used to establish evidence for further anti-smoking policies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Medicine, Seoul National University.
authors.forename: Jin-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yangjung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won Nyon
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Sik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Yong-Ik
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*