Cessation Related Perceptions and Behavior of Former and Current Smokeless Tobacco Users

Four hundred fourteen former and 73 current users of smokeless tobacco were questioned about their experiences in giving up smokeless tobacco. Their responses were compared with those of 463 ex-smokers to determine whether former smokeless tobacco users differed from former smokers in using specific...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 1997-11, Vol.46 (3), p.133-138
Main Authors: Chakravorty, Bonnie, Chakravorty, Satindra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavior Change
Behavior Modification
Cancer
Cessation
College Athletics
College campuses
College students
Colleges & universities
Data Collection
Health Behavior
Health facilities
Humans
Interviews
Male
Males
Men
Perceptions
Plants, Toxic
Programming
Residential Schools
Schools
smokeless tobacco
Smokeless use
Smoking
Smoking - psychology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - methods
Special Schools
spit tobacco
Students
Students - psychology
Teaching Methods
Tobacco
Tobacco, Smokeless
transtheoretical approach
Undergraduate Students
Universities
Urban Areas
USA
Young adults
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Summary:Four hundred fourteen former and 73 current users of smokeless tobacco were questioned about their experiences in giving up smokeless tobacco. Their responses were compared with those of 463 ex-smokers to determine whether former smokeless tobacco users differed from former smokers in using specific cessation techniques. Of the smokeless tobacco users, 77% were interested in quitting, but only 7% wanted to quit "now." Seven percent of the daily users reported that a college-based health or fitness professional had advised them to quit. Former smokeless tobacco users were significantly more likely than former smokers to report that smoking cigarettes was related to their efforts to give up smokeless tobacco than former smokers were to report using smokeless tobacco as a strategy to stop smoking. Former smokeless tobacco users were also significantly more likely than former smokers to report current tobacco use. Smokeless tobacco cessation programs based on the transtheoretical approach to behavior change are recommended.
ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
DOI:10.1080/07448489709595599