title: Intention to quit among Indian tobacco users: findings from International Tobacco Control Policy evaluation India pilot survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tobacco users face barriers not just in quitting, but also in thinking about quitting. The aim of this study was to understand factors encouraging intention to quit from the 2006 International Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) Evaluation India Pilot Study Survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 764 adult respondents from urban and rural areas of Maharashtra and Bihar were surveyed through face-to-face individual interviews, with a house-to-house approach. Dependent variable was "intention to quit tobacco." Independent variables were demographic variables, peer influence, damage perception, receiving advice to quit, and referral to cessation services by healthcare professionals and exposure to anti-tobacco messages. Logistic regression model was used with odds ratio adjusted for location, age, gender, and marital status for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 493 tobacco users, 32.5% intended to quit. More numbers of users who were unaware about their friends' tobacco use intended to quit compared to those who were aware (adjusted OR = 8.06, 95% CI = 4.58-14.19). Higher numbers of users who felt tobacco has damaged their health intended to quit compared to those who did not feel that way (adjusted OR = 5.62, 95% CI = 3.53-8.96). More numbers of users exposed to anti-tobacco messages in newspapers/magazines (adjusted OR = 1.76, 95% CI = 1.02-3.03), restaurants (adjusted OR = 2.47, 95% CI = 1.37-4.46), radio (adjusted OR=4.84, 95% CI = 3.01-7.78), cinema halls (adjusted OR = 9.22, 95% CI = 5.31-15.75), and public transportation (adjusted OR = 10.58, 95% = 5.90-18.98) intended to quit compared to unexposed users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anti-tobacco messages have positive influence on user's intentions to quit.
authors: Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. nikita.surani@gmail.com
authors: N S
authors: NS
authors: Surani
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Gupta
authors: T G
authors: TG
authors: Fong
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Pednekar
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Quah
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Bansal-Travers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D033182:Intention; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012424:Rural Population; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult