| Summary: | Background
In
the behavioural change model for smoking cessation 'willingness to quit' forms
the starting point. Identifying these sects of smokers who are willing to quit
can lead to important policy development and program implementation in any
country. To
determine the prevalence and correlates of willingness to quit among smokers in
India from Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 2009-10.
Methods
Secondary
data analysis of GATS, 2009-10 was done to find the correlates of willingness
to quit among smokers. All the socio-demographic variables, smoking related
factors like frequency, previous attempt to quit and also effect of
anti-tobacco messages delivered to various media were tested for association
using multivariate analysis. Prevalence rate ratio with 95% CI was used to
report the risk.
Results
Of
the 9627 current smokers analysed, 50.9% (95% CI: 49.9% to 51.9%) were willing
to quit smoking. Among these; 25.1% and 26.0% were willing to quit within the
next month and within next 12 months respectively. Multivariate analysis showed
that younger age, individuals who have their first smoke after 60 minutes of
wakeup, those living in a house with smoking restriction, those who received
advice to quit from doctor, those who attempted to quit in the past 12 months,
having knowledge about illness caused due to smoking and those who have noticed
anti-smoking messages in billboards / hoardings were willing to quit smoking
compared to their counterparts.
Conclusions
About
one in two smokers were willing to quit smoking and, among those who were
willing to quit, half of them were willing to do so within the next one year.
Targeted interventions can be planned in the sub-groups identified.
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