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| Title |
Why Don’t Smokers Want Help to Quit? A Qualitative Study of Smokers’ Attitudes towards Assisted vs. Unassisted Quitting
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph120606591 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kylie Morphett, Brad Partridge, Coral Gartner, Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall |
| Abstract |
The development of prescription medication for smoking cessation and the introduction of evidence-based guidelines for health professionals has increasingly medicalised smoking cessation. There are debates about whether medicalisation is a positive development, or whether it has devalued unassisted quitting. In this debate the views of smokers have been neglected. This study explored the attitudes of smokers towards a range of quitting methods, and their considerations when judging their value. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 29 smokers and analysed data using thematic analysis. The results show that the perceived nature of an individual smoker's addiction was central to judgments about the value of pharmacological cessation aids, as was personal experience with a method, and how well it was judged to align with an individual's situation and personality. Unassisted quitting was often described as the best method. Negative views of pharmacological cessation aids were frequently expressed, particularly concerns about side effects from prescription medications. Smokers' views about the value of different methods were not independent: attitudes about cessation aids were shaped by positive attitudes towards unassisted quitting. Examining smokers' attitudes towards either assisted or unassisted quitting in isolation provides incomplete information on quitting preferences. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 67% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 97 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 10% |
| Researcher | 9 | 9% |
| Other | 24 | 25% |
| Unknown | 20 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 23 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Unknown | 27 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2020.
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