title: Predictors of quitting behaviour with special reference to nicotine dependence among adult tobacco-users in a slum of Burdwan district, West Bengal, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Information on predictors of quitting behaviour in adult tobacco users is scarce in Indian context. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess the intention of tobacco-users towards quitting and its predictors with reference to nicotine dependence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community-based observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 128 adult tobacco-users (89.8% male) with mean age of 41.1 ± 15.7 yr selected by complete enumeration method. Data were collected by interview using pre-designed, pre-tested schedule. Nicotine dependence was assessed by Fagerstrφm Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 128 users, 63.3 per cent had intention to quit. Majority of the tobacco users who did not intend to quit belonged to the age group of > 40 yr (66.0%), were illiterate (55.3%), started tobacco use at 11 - 15 yr of age (57.4%), had been using tobacco for 20 yr or more (70.2%), were daily tobacco users (91.5%), and highly dependent on nicotine (80.9%). Tobacco users having high FTND score and who started tobacco use early in life were 1.83 and 3.30 times more unintended to quit, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suitable plan for quitting should be developed depending on the FTND score of an individual, the most important determinant of quitting that would be beneficial for categorization of the treatment leading to successful quitting.
authors.forename: Kamirul
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan-West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Rajib
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Sufi Abdul
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Samim Khan
authors.forename: Rupali
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shivam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D033182:Intention; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*