TY - JOUR ID - 241563 TI - Effective Factors on Smoking Cessation among the Smokers in the First “Smoking Cessation Clinic” in Iran JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Masjedi, Mohammad Reza AU - Azaripour Masooleh, Hassan AU - Hosseini, Mostafa AU - Heydari, Gholam Reza AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, NRITLD, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, AD - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistic-Institute of public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, TEHRAN-IRAN AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, NRITLD, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services Y1 - 2002 PY - 2002 VL - 1 IS - 4(autumn) SP - 61 EP - 67 KW - Smoking Cessation KW - Behavioral therapy KW - Nicotine replacement therapy DO - N2 - Background: This study describes the status of 548 smokers who participated in the monthly quitting course of the first “ Smoking Cessation Clinic” in Iran between the years 1998 through 2000. Materials and Methods: All the target population completed the educational courses, which consisted of 7 sessions of 90 minutes in the groups of 6-15. Cigarette intake per/day among the smokers was: in 92 cases (16.9%) less than 10 cigarettes, in 262(48.1%) between 11-20 cigarettes, and in the remaining 191(35%) more than 20 cigarettes. Results: The percentages of cessation in these three groups were 95.7%, 89.3%, and 83.8% respectively. This shows that the quitting rates among those who smoke less are significantly high (X2 for trend: p=0.003). Among them, 193(35.2%) attended all the visits regularly, 177(32.3%) were absent for one session and 178(32.5%) for 2-3 sessions. The quitting percentage in these groups were 94.8%, 93.8%, and 75.8% respectively, the relationship remains significantly associated with the lower absence rate (p=0.0001). There was no significant difference between the percentage of men and women who failed to complete the educational monthly course for any reasons (p=0.72). Besides, no significant difference was observed between both genders who had succeeded to quit (p=0.12). Conclusion: The results confirm that the cessation rate in those who have smoked less cigarettes and attended the clinic courses more regularly were significantly more successful than the others. (Tanaffos 2002; 1(4): 61-67) UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241563.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241563_36146cc9e208cb08362022a64be96b9d.pdf ER -