title: Factors influencing quit attempts among male daily smokers in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  China has the largest population of smokers in the world, yet the quit rate is low. We used data from the 2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey China to identify factors influencing quit attempts among male Chinese daily smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study sample included 3303 male daily smokers. To determine the factors that were significantly associated with making a quit attempt, we conducted logistic regression analyses. In addition, mediation analyses were carried out to investigate how the intermediate association among demographics (age, education, urbanicity) and smoking-related variables affected making a quit attempt.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An estimated 11.0% of male daily smokers tried to quit smoking in the 12 months prior to the survey. Logistic regression analysis indicated that younger age (15-24 years), being advised to quit by a health care provider (HCP) in the past 12 months, lower cigarette cost per pack, monthly or less frequent exposure to smoking at home, and awareness of the harms of tobacco use were significantly associated with making a quit attempt. Additional mediation analyses showed that having knowledge of the harm of tobacco, exposure to smoking at home, and having been advised to quit by an HCP were mediators of making a quit attempt for other independent variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evidence-based tobacco control measures such as conducting educational campaigns on the harms of tobacco use, establishing smoke-free policies at home, and integrating tobacco cessation advice into primary health care services can increase quit attempts and reduce smoking among male Chinese daily smokers.
authors.affiliation: Office on Smoking and Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: itz8@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Luhua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Office of Tobacco Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Office on Smoking and Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Krishna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Palipudi
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D003376:Counseling; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; Global Adult Tobacco Survey; Quit attempt; Smoking