Self-reported exposure to policy and environmental influences on smoking cessation and relapse: a 2-year longitudinal population-based study.
Although most smokers want to quit, the long-term success rate of quit attempts remains low; research is needed to understand the policy and environmental influences that can increase the success of cessation efforts. This paper uses regression methods to investigate self-reported exposure to policy and environmental influences on quit attempts, maintenance of a quit attempt for at least 6 months, and relapse in a longitudinal population-based sample, the New York Adult Cohort Survey, followed for 12 months (N = 3,261) and 24 months (N = 1,142). When policy or environmental influence variables were assessed independently of other policy or environmental influence variables, many were significant for at least some of the cessation outcomes. In the full models that included a full set of policy or environmental influence variables, many significant associations became nonsignificant. A number of policies may have an influence on multiple cessation outcomes. However, the effect varies by cessation outcome, and statistical significance is influenced by model specification.
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James
J
Nonnemaker
James
J
Hersey
Ghada
G
Homsi
Andrew
A
Busey
Andrew
A
Hyland
Harlan
H
Juster
Matthew
M
Farrelly
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D057566:Self Report; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult