Factors associated with smoking cessation among Chinese adults in rural China.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the factors associated with smoking cessation among adult Chinese males in rural China.


METHODS
The data were collected by face-to-face interviews at the respondents' household using interviewer-administered questionnaires.


RESULTS
The factors associated with quitting were being residents of Guiyang, having received junior or high school education, being unmarried, being a farmer or other job holder, smoking fewer than 20 cigarettes per day, starting smoking late, smoking for shorter duration, and having a high mean score on hedonism seeking.


CONCLUSIONS
Several predictors of successful quitting were identified that could help improve smoking cessation programs in China. The findings also have implications for the need for future surveys on the quitting process among rural Chinese.
Center for Tobacco Control Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. Tingzhongyang@sohu.com
Tingzhong
T
Yang
Abu Saleh M
AS
Abdullah
Jabed
J
Mustafa
Bin
B
Chen
Xiaozhao
X
Yang
Xiangxian
X
Feng
D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult