“I don’t mind damaging my own body” A qualitative study of the factors that motivate smokers to quit

BMC Public Health

Susan E Wallace¹  Barnaby Murtagh¹  Jane Bethea¹ 

[1] Department of Health Sciences, The University of Leicester, Adrian Building, University Road, LE1 7RH Leicester, UK

关键词: Motivation;    Risk;    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;    Smoking related disease;    Knowledge;    Cessation;    Smoking;   

Others  :  1122843
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-15-4

 received in 2014-07-15, accepted in 2014-12-04,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Although smoking prevalence in England has declined, one in five adults smoke. Smokers are at increased risk of a number of diseases, including COPD which affects an estimated 1.5 million people in England alone. This study aimed to explore issues relating to smoking behaviour and intention to quit that might be used to inform the development of cessation interventions. Issues explored included knowledge of smoking related disease, with a particular emphasis on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Understanding around risk of disease, including genetic risk was explored, as were features of appropriate and accessible cessation materials and support.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with a total of 30 individuals of which 17 were smoking cessation clients and 13 were professionals working within health care settings relevant to supporting smokers to quit. A largely purposive approach was taken to sampling, and data were analysed using the constant comparative method.

Results

Knowledge of the smoking related disease COPD was limited. Smokers’ concerns around risk of disease were influenced by their social context and were more focussed on how their smoking might impact on the health of their family and friends, rather than how it might impact on them as individuals. Participants felt the provision of genetic risk information may have a limited impact on motivation to quit. Genetic risk was considered to be a difficult concept to understand, particularly as increased risk does not mean an individual will definitely develop disease. In terms of cessation approaches, the use of visual media was consistently supported, as was the use of materials that linked directly with life experiences. Images of children inhaling second hand smoke for example, had a particular impact.

Conclusions

Public health messages around the risks of smoking and approaches to quitting should continue to have an emphasis on the dangers that an individual’s smoking has on the lives of the people around them. More work also needs to be done to raise awareness around both the risk of COPD in smokers and the impact this disease has on quality of life and life expectancy.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Bethea et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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