Chhabra Chaya, Chhabra Kumar Gaurav, Bishnoi Sharda, Singh Jaspal, Sahu Vimlesh, Lohra Abhishek, Sharma Ashish
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital, Narnadi, Boranada, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India; Tel: +91-99295-35666; e-mail:
Oral Health Dent Manag. 2014 Sep;13(3):815-20.
Burden of tobacco epidemic has swiftly moved to developing countries making the exploration of predictors of quitting tobacco usage extremely important.
To assess the willingness to quit tobacco use and to ascertain the predictors of quitting tobacco as well as tobacco dependency by employing Fagerstrom scale.
The study consisted of 252 subjects visiting the Public Health Dentistry department in a Dental institution JDCGH (Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital), Rajasthan, India. Data on demographic information, tobacco usage and quitting, information on reasons for quitting like; self-concepts, social concerns, legal issues, and health concern was collected by interview schedule method.
Overall 76% of the study participants were planning to quit. Demographic variables like age, marital status and religion were significant predictors of planning to quit tobacco usage (p ≤ 0.05). Significant relationship was observed on Fagerstrom Scale with place of residence, type of tobacco use and frequency of tobacco use (p ≤ 0.05). The most frequent cited reason for quitting tobacco usage was spitting and ash dropping which was embarrassing in-front of others (75.65%) and least reported reason was future health concerns (33.16%).
Most of the respondents had favourable attitude towards quitting tobacco usage and social concern was the main predictor of quitting tobacco usage. Less reported reasons like legal issues and health concerns have to be explored in depth. The present study highlights the need for more researches exploring the predictors of quitting tobacco usage in India and further nationwide study.
烟草流行的负担已迅速转移到发展中国家，这使得探索戒烟的预测因素变得极为重要。
通过使用法格斯特龙量表评估戒烟意愿，确定戒烟及烟草依赖的预测因素。
该研究包括252名前往印度拉贾斯坦邦焦特布尔牙科学院综合医院（JDCGH）公共卫生牙科部门就诊的受试者。通过访谈问卷法收集了人口统计学信息、烟草使用及戒烟情况、戒烟原因相关信息，如自我概念、社会关注、法律问题和健康问题等。
总体而言，76%的研究参与者计划戒烟。年龄、婚姻状况和宗教等人口统计学变量是计划戒烟的重要预测因素（p≤0.05）。在法格斯特龙量表上，观察到居住地、烟草使用类型和烟草使用频率之间存在显著关系（p≤0.05）。最常被提及的戒烟原因是吐痰和掉烟灰在他人面前很尴尬（75.65%），最少被提及的原因是对未来健康的担忧（33.16%）。
大多数受访者对戒烟持积极态度，社会关注是戒烟的主要预测因素。对于像法律问题和健康担忧等较少被提及的原因，必须进行深入探讨。本研究强调需要更多研究来探索印度戒烟的预测因素，并开展进一步的全国性研究。
