Characteristics Affecting Successful Outcome in the Cessation of Smoking

Abstract

In this study predictors of successful smoking cessation among 166 clients of a smoking cessation program were examined via multiple regression analyses. Results showed that seven significant predictors accounted for 25% of the variance in successful smoking cessation. Abstainers tended to have higher incomes, to rate pregnancy as a motivation more highly, to have made fewer previous attempts to quit, to be low on habit smoking, to crave cigarettes more in low-arousal situations, to be stimulus reducers, and to be older.