title: Perceived Risks and Benefits of Quitting Smoking in Non-Treatment Seekers.
abstract: Little is known about beliefs about quitting and treatment motivation in non-treatment seeking smokers. One hundred eight-eight daily cigarette smokers not currently motivated to quit smoking completed measures of perceived risks and benefits of quitting and motivation to quit. Self esteem related to quitting was positively related to desire to quit, expected success at quitting, confidence in quitting, and motivation to quit. Greater perceived risks of cravings were related to greater expected difficulty of remaining abstinent, and greater perceived risk of increased negative affect was related to decreased expectation of success at quitting, confidence for quitting, and increased expectation for difficulty remaining abstinent. Greater perceived risk of weight gain was related to being less likely to have a goal of complete abstinence. There were no gender, ethnicity, age, or education differences in the relationship of perceived risks and benefits of quitting and motivation. Knowing the risks and benefits that relate to motivation to quit for non-treatment seeking smokers provides the foundation for targeting this group in campaigns to increase quit motivation.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 34 Park Street, SAC 2 floor, New Haven, CT 06519 USA.
authors: Andrea H
authors: AH
authors: Weinberger
authors: Carolyn M
authors: CM
authors: Mazure
authors: Sherry A
authors: SA
authors: McKee
keywords: Motivation; Perceived Benefits; Perceived Risks; Smoking
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