Quitting Smoking - Implications for the Health Management and Development of a Future Population Strategies
Quitting Smoking - Implications for the Health Management and Development of a Future Population Strategies

Summary/Abstract: Tobacco kills around 6 million people each year. The purpose of our study was to analyze the socio-economic dimensions associated with cessation success among adults in Uruguay. Data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a cross-sectional, populationbased, nationally representative survey was utilized. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses with results being presented as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals were applied to study differences among those respondents who sustained smoking abstinence and those who continued smoking. GATS study revealed that social gradients in tobacco quitting exist. Younger age, particularly in men, and having lower socio-economic situation were associated with reduced odds for quitting. Factors that are driving differences in smoking cessation between diverse social groups need to be considered when implementing relevant interventions. Further studies are also needed.

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