title: Does culture or illness change a smoker's perspective on cessation?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore cultural context for smoking cessation within Chinese communities in Vancouver, and identify opportunities to support development of culturally appropriate resources for cessation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Applied participatory approach involving community members, patients, and key-informants in the design and implementation of the research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas many participants were motivated to quit, their perceptions of desire to do so were not supported by effective interventions and many attempts to quit were unsuccessful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tobacco control clinics and care providers need to adopt culturally and linguistically relevant interventions to facilitate behavioral modifications and cessation in ethnic minority communities.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Iraj M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Poureslami
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Canada; UBC and VGH Division of Respiratory Medicine. mark.fitzgerald@vch.ca.
authors.forename: J Mark
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003469:Culture; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention