title: Reasons for quitting smoking in patients with first-ever ischemic stroke.
abstract: Ninety-eight cigarette smokers with ischemic stroke were recruited between December 2006 and December 2008 in an urban hospital. Smoking status and reasons for quit attempts after stroke were assessed at 3-month follow-up. 73% of patients (72/98) made at least one quit attempt between stroke onset and the follow-up visit. 47% of quit attempters (34/72) declared that stroke was the major reason for quitting. The patients reporting stroke as the major reason for quitting were more likely to be abstinent at the follow-up as compared to the patients who did not (61.8 vs. 36.8%). The study suggests that some motives for quitting smoking are associated with a higher chance for short-term abstinence in stroke patients.
authors: Department of Neurology I, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Halina
authors: H
authors: Sienkiewicz-Jarosz
authors: Pawel
authors: P
authors: Zatorski
authors: Danuta
authors: D
authors: Ryglewicz
authors: Przemyslaw
authors: P
authors: Bienkowski
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*