Background: Although there is strong evidence that behavioral counseling improves quit rates, limited data are available on individualized smoking cessation counseling provided to female smokers because they often are hesitant to identify as smokers. This study aimed to elucidate factors related to smoking cessation among Korean women who participated in the smoking cessation outreach program. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study used data retrieved from the Korea Health Promotion Institute. The data included individual participant characteristics, supportive services received, and self-reported smoking cessation outcomes from June 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017. Results: Data from 709 women were analyzed. We found cessation rates of 43. 3% (confidence interval [CI] = 0. 40, 0. 47) at four weeks, 28. 6% (CI = 0. 25, 0. 32) at 12 weeks, and 21. 6% (CI = 0. 19, 0. 25) at six months. Significant determinants of quitting at six months were regular exercise (odds ratio [OR] = 3. 02,95% CI = 1. 28, 3. 29,P = 0. 009) and the number of counseling sessions during the first four weeks of the program (OR = 1. 26,95% CI = 1. 04, 1. 82,P = 0. 041). Conclusion: Providing intensive counseling during initial phase of smoking cessation program and regular exercise would be effective strategies for smoking cessation programs for women smokers to promote their health.

Objective(s): Since the smoking reason for different smokers needs different treatment methods and special advices, it is necessary to specify these reasons. This study designed to know the main smoking causes in Iran, in order to design proper treatment methods and behavioral therapies for smoking cessation. In addition the study thought to evaluate the effects of these reasons on the quit results and the probable circumstances of these effects.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Tehran, Iran. All people attending to smoking cessation clinics (affillated to Research Institute for Tuberclosis & Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences) were invited to take part in the study in year 2006-2008. Volunteers answered 13 items of the Iranian version of the Modified Reasons for Smoking Scale (MRSS), Fagerström test and demographic characteristics. All participants have been assessed by a physician and they participated in a four-session per week program including nicotine replacement and non-nicotinic therapies and behavioral therapy. All participants were followed-up for 6 and 12 months after quiting smoking.Results: In all 822 participants including 590 men (68.7%) with mean age of 43.8±13.2 years were studied. All analyses were adjusted for sex and Fagerström test score. Pleasure to smoke was found as the principle reason for failure to smoking cessation in the end of clinical trial (P=0.004). In 6 and 12 months follow-up, failed quitting was predicted by pleasure to smoke and hand-mouth activity score (P<0.05).Conclusion: The study findings suggest that reason for smoking is associated with its quiting.

Background: This study describes the status of 548 smokers who participated in the monthly quitting course of the first" Smoking Cessation Clinic" in Iran between the years 1998 through 2000.Materials and Methods: All the target population completed the educational courses, which consisted of 7 sessions of 90 minutes in the groups of 6-15. Cigarette intake per/day among the smokers was: in 92 cases (16.9%) less than 10 cigarettes, in 262 (48.1%) between 11-20 cigarettes, and in the remaining 191 (35%)more than 20 cigarettes.Results: The percentages of cessation in these threegroupswere95.7%,89.3%, and 83.8%respectively.Thisshowsthat the quitting rates among those who smoke less are significantly high (X2 for trend: p=0.003).Among them, 193(35.2%) attended all the visits regularly, 177(32.3%) were absent for one session and 178(32.5%) for 2-3 sessions. The quitting percentage in these groups were 94.8%, 93.8%, and 75.8% respectively, the relationship remains Significantly associated with the lower absence rate (p=0.0001).There was no significant difference between the percentage of men and women who failed to complete the educational monthly course for any reasons (p=0.72).Besides, no significant difference was observed between both genders who had succeeded to quit (p=0.12). Conclusion: The results confirm that the cessation rate in those who have smoked less cigarettes and attended the clinic courses more regularly were significantly more successful than the others.