SEEING A MEDICAL DOCTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING QUITTING SMOKING

Autori:

Anca D. DRAGOMIR, Wenxuan YANG, George LUTA

Cod: ISSN: 2066-6861 (print), ISSN: 2067-5941 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 9-17

How to cite this article:

Dragomir, A.D., Yang, W., Luta, G. (2019). Seeing a Medical Doctor Is Associated with Seriously Considering Quitting Smoking. Social Research Reports, 11(3). 9-17. DOI: 10.33788/srr11.3.1

Abstract:

Smoking is a very significant public health problem. Quitting smoking will greatly reduce related morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between seeing a medical doctor during the past 12 months and seriously considering quitting smoking within the next 6 months, among US smokers. The self-reported information on 3102 current smokers used for the study was from the May 2010 Longitudinal Cohort from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. We used logistic regression models with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to account for the clustering of smokers within households. In unadjusted analysis, seeing a medical doctor in the past year was statistically significantly associated with seriously considering quitting smoking (OR=1.56, 95% CI: 1.33-1.82). The results after adjustment for confounders, and also after further adjustment for additional variables, were similar (OR=1.60, 95% CI: 1.35-1.89). We found that seeing a medical doctor was statistically significantly associated with seriously considering quitting smoking among US smokers. Further research work should consider the potential role of income and marital status as effect modifiers for this association.