Publication: Factors affecting failure to quit smoking after exposure to pictorial cigarette pack warnings among employees in Thailand
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2011-07-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.42, No.4 (2011), 988-995
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Dusit Sujirarat, Pimpan Silpasuwan, Chukiat Viwatwongkasem, Nithat Sirichothiratana Factors affecting failure to quit smoking after exposure to pictorial cigarette pack warnings among employees in Thailand. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.42, No.4 (2011), 988-995. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12418
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Factors affecting failure to quit smoking after exposure to pictorial cigarette pack warnings among employees in Thailand
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This study was carried out to determine whether health warning pictures(HWP) affect smoking cessation using a structured equation model for intending-to-quit smokers in work places. Data from a 1-year longitudinal follow up of attempt-to-quit employees was obtained to determine if pack warnings affect tobacco cessation rates. Stratified simple random sampling, and Structured Equation Modeling (SEM) were employed. Approximately 20% of intending-to-quit smokers were successful. The integrated model, combining internal, interpersonal factors and health warning pictures as external factors, fit the fail to quit pattern of the model. Having a smoking father was the most significant proximate indicator linked with failure to quit. Although HWL pictures were an external factor in the decision to stop smoking, the direct and indirect causes of failure to quit smoking were the influence of the family members. Fathers contributed to the success or failure of smoking cessation in their children by having an influence on the decision making process. Future HWP should include information about factors that stimulate smokers to quit successfully. The role model of a father on quitting is also important.