Individual, Social-normative, and policy predictors of smoking cessation: A multilevel longitudinal analysis

L. Biener, W.L. Hamilton, M. Siegel and E.M. Sullivan

American Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 100, issue 3, 547-554

Abstract: Objectives. We assessed the prospective impact of individual, social-normative, and policy predictors of quit attempts and smoking cessation among Massachusetts adults. Methods. We interviewed a representative sample of current and recent smokers in Massachusetts by telephone in 2001 through 2002 and then again twice at 2-year intervals. The unit of analysis was the 2-year transition from wave 1 to wave 2 and from wave 2 to wave 3. Predictors of quit attempts and abstinence of longer than 3 months were analyzed using multilevel analysis. Predictors included individual, social-normative, and policy factors. Results. Multivariate analyses of 2-year transitions showed that perceptions of strong antismoking town norms were predictive of abstinence (odds ratio=2.06; P

Date: 2010
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