| Abstract: | Importance and purpose: The World Health Organization report finds that ten percent of 5 million adults deaths worldwide are related to smoking per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030. The aim of this study is to analysis the factors associated with behavior of smoking and smoking cessation in Taiwanese who is over 18 years old.
Method: This study was based on the secondary data analysis. Data was come from “Adult Smoking Behavior Survey” conducted by the Bureau of Health Promotion Department in Taiwan in 2007. The total sample size was 16,588 persons with 33 unknown information samples, the total samples involved in the study were 16,555 to explore the personal factors (gender, age, educational level, average total monthly income, conscious health status) and environmental factors (whether workplace in the outdoor, household passive smoking, family smoking regulation) were two major items affect smoking behavior. The related factors of smoking cessation behavior, exclude 629 samples were no smokers or no answers, the total samples involved were 4,231 to explore the personal factors (gender, age, educational level, whether the spouse, whether the work, conscious health status, average total monthly income) and environmental factors (whether workplace in the outdoor, household passive smoking, family smoking regulation) were two major items affect smoking behavior. SPSS 12.0 statistical analysis software was used to analysis.
Result: Using logistic regression analysis, after adjustment for other factors, for smokers, found that male smoking rates than females, and increased with age smoking rates also rise, the lower level of education, high income Smoking rates are higher. If the family have smoking ban, smoking was low. In smoking cessation, the logistic regression analysis showed has a spouse, high income, general health status, family smoking cessation rates were higher provisions .
Conclusion: After adjustment for other factors, the results showed that gender, age, educational level, average total monthly income, whether workplace in the outdoor, conscious health status, household smoking ban have significant effect on smoking behavior. After adjustment for other factors, the data showed that with or without spouse, average total monthly income, conscious health status, family smoking regulation, have significant effect on smoking cessation behavior. This study attempts to provide the direction of future policy options and recommendations for smoking cessation. |
