Journal
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2326-9
Keywords
Chinese; Counselling; Gender-specific; Smoking cessation program; Women smokers
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- Health Care and Promotion Fund, the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Government of the Hong Kong Special-Administrative Region [19050504]
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Background: There is a lack of population-based smoking cessation interventions targeting woman smokers in Hong Kong, and in Asia generally. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a gender-specific smoking cessation program for female smokers in Hong Kong. Methods: To evaluate the effectiveness of the service, a total of 457 eligible smokers were recruited. After the baseline questionnaire had been completed, a cessation counseling intervention was given by a trained counselor according to the stage of readiness to quit. Self-reported seven-day point prevalence of abstinence and reduction of cigarette consumption (>= 50 %) and self-efficacy in rejecting tobacco were documented at one week and at two, three and six months. Results: The 7-day point prevalence quit rate was 28.4 % (130/457), and 21.9 % (100/457) had reduced their cigarette consumption by at least 50 % at the six-month follow-up. The average daily cigarette consumption was reduced from 8.3 at baseline to 6.3 at six months. Moreover, both internal and external stimuli of anti-smoking self-efficacy increased from baseline to six months. Conclusions: The study provides some evidence for the effectiveness of the gender-specific smoking cessation program for female smokers. Furthermore, helping smokers to improve their self-efficacy in resisting both internal and external stimuli of tobacco use can be a way of enhancing the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention.
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