RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A community-based smoking cessation clinic in Jordan: Profile of smokers who seek treatment and reasons to quit smoking
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P4945
VO 42
IS Suppl 57
A1 Iman Bambouk
A1 Yousef Khader
A1 Raja Haddadin
A1 Nabil Qasim
A1 Kamel Rawashdeh
YR 2013
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P4945.abstract
AB Background Smoking cessation programmes delivered via smoking cessation clinics show increase in quitting in the short term. The aims were to describe the characteristics of the Jordanians attending only one smoking cessation clinic, to describe the outcomes.Methods Descriptive study. All smokers had attended the clinic during the first year. Data collected from clinical records obtained from a structured questionnaire included; socio-demographic; health status; smoking history and the procedures delivered by clinic.Results A total of 467 subjects (82.4% males, 17.6% females) attended the smoking cessation clinic between August and September 2011. Their age ranged between 17 and 73 years with a mean (SD) of 41.2 (11.4) Three quarters of subjects were married. A Half (50.2%) of subjects had university education. About one third of subjects reported having medical illnesses. Less than half (41.4%) of subjects reported that at least one of their family members is smoker. 58.0% of subjects started smoking at the age between 12 and 18 years. The mean (SD) number of cigarettes smoked by the subjects was 34.2 (15.0) and 40.9% of subjects reported smoking of more than 40 cigarettes per day. More than two thirds (69.0%) of subjects attempted to quit and the main reasons were related to their health and their family health. Overall, 14.9% succeeded to quit smoking. None of those who had one visit quitted smoking. On the other hand, more than half (60.0%) of subjects who visited the clinic ≥6 times quitted smoking.Conclusion Heavy smoker young Subjects showed strong desire to quit. A potential role of the clinic depends on continuous follow up and early intervention.