Table 2.
Previous Quit Attempt Experience Reported by Vietnamese Male Current Smoker Respondents, CVATUS 2008
| Intention to Quit Smoking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = number of individuals responded) | All (n) | No Quit intention (n) | Intend to Quit Later (>30 days) (n) | Intend to Quit Soon (≤30 days) (n) | p-value* |
| Previous Quit Attempt | (234) | (77) | (76) | (81) | |
| Never made a quit attempt | 18.7% | 37.0% | 10.6% | 8.9% | <0.001 |
| Last attempt > 12 months ago | 10.2% | 18.0% | 7.9% | 5.2% | |
| Last attempt within past 12 months | 71.1% | 44.9% | 81.6% | 85.9% | |
| Referring to the last quit attempt: a | |||||
| Use of any cessation assistance b | (183) | (44) | (65) | (74) | <0.01 |
| 31.8% | 16.3% | 30.1% | 43.0% | ||
| Types of assistance utilized c | (183) | (44) | (65) | (74) | |
| Nicotine replacement medications such as a patch or gum | 23.4% | 15.9% | 26.9% | 29.7% | 0.42 |
| Pills such as bupropiond | 2.9% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 2.4% | - |
| Face-to-face advice from a professional | 10.9% | 8.0% | 2.1% | 14.7% | 0.04 |
| Group advice | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% | - |
| Called a 1 800 quitline | 3.1% | 1.0% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 0.52 |
| Self-help materials, such as a quit kit or booklet | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 3.5% | 0.76 |
*
p-values based on weighted chi-square or regression model for comparison across quit intention status; p-values not produced if 0% or 100% in any category.
a
Data were obtained from 183 smokers who reported having ever made a quit attempt.
b
Use of one or more of the smoking resources listed (nicotine replacement medications, other smoking cessation medications, face-to-face or group advice, quitline, or self-help materials).
c
% not mutually exclusive.
d
Varenicline was not included as an example of other non-nicotine medications in the survey because it was not FDA approved at the time the data collection began.