title: Factors affecting the decision to quit smoking of the participants of a hospital-based smoking cessation program in Greece.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that affect people who are in the process of quitting smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomly selected sample of 110 participants in a smoking cessation program (SCP) of a hospital in Thessaloniki Greece. Instruments of data collection were: i) the Demographic Data Lifestyle Questionnaire and ii) the Fragerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire. ANOVA tests between the Demographic Data Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire relating to the smokers' determination to quit smoking applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Work satisfaction was related to whether the participants had difficulty to smoke in places that prohibited smoking and to how many cigarettes they smoked per day. If a non-smoker partner was urging the participant to quit smoking, it affected the hours of the day when the respondents smoked more cigarettes. Pressure from a non-smoking spouse was a deterrent from smoking many cigarettes during morning hours. Those participants who consumed alcohol smoked cigarettes containing higher levels of nicotine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking cessation is a difficult process which is influenced by many factors such as educational level, work satisfaction and the presence of a partner.
authors.affiliation: Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Charikleia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Georgiadou
authors.affiliation: Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lavdaniti
authors.affiliation: Researcher, Department of Nursing Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Psychogiou
authors.affiliation: Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastassios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzenalis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa Greece.
authors.forename: Markos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sgantzos
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Frederick University, Nicosia Cyprus.
authors.forename: Despina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sapountzi-Krepia
keywords: Decision making; Factors; Smoking cessation
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