Factors associated with smoking cessation in Brazil

• Published in: Cadernos de saúde pública Vol. 29; no. 8; pp. 1555 - 1564
• Main Authors: Tejada, Cesar Augusto Oviedo, Ewerling, Fernanda, Santos, Anderson Moreira Aristides dos, Bertoldi, Andréa Dâmaso, Menezes, Ana Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil 01.08.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brazil - epidemiology; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data; Socioeconomic Factors; Young Adult; Brazil

Tobacco has been identified as the drug with the highest addiction rate and the leading cause of avoidable deaths. The current study thus aimed to identify the determinants of smoking cessation in a Brazilian population sample based on data from the National Household Sample Survey for 2008. The stu...