Factors Related to Utilization of Smoking Cessation Support Service among Attempters for Quitting Smoking

Abstract

Objectives: This study was executed to understand the factors related to utilization of smoking cessation support service among attempters for quitting smoking. Methods: The data of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2016-2017 was used for the analysis in this study. Logistic regression analysis was executed to understand the factors related to utilization of smoking cessation support service among attempters for quitting smoking. Results: the factors related to utilization of smoking cessation support service are daily average smoking amount, current electronic cigarette usage status and subjective health status and the anti-smoking attempters use the smoking cessation support service more in case of having more daily average smoking amount, using the electronic cigarette currently and having worse subjective health level. Conclusions: To increase the smoking cessation success rate of the attempters for quitting smoking, the strategy to make the anti-smoking attempters having lower usage rate of smoking cessation support service participate the smoking cessation support service more should be established.