Family Support and Readiness to Consider Smoking Cessation among Chinese and Vietnamese American Male Smokers
Table 1
Sample characteristics of study participants ( male daily smokers).
Variables
(SD) or %
Demographic characteristics and health status
Age in years, (SD)
54.6 (12.7)
Ethnicity
Chinese
50.9%
Vietnamese
49.1%
Education level: graduated high school
55.9%
Marital status: married or living with a partner
88.2%
Self-rated health: excellent, very good, or good health
47.3%
Smoking characteristics
# years smoked regularly, (SD)
28.4 (14.3)
# cigarettes smoked in a typical day, (SD)
9.5 (6.5)
Time to first cigarette after waking: 30 min or less^
48.5%
Quit attempt in the past year: made 1+ quit attempt
43.2%
Family support for quitting (0-3 scale)
Encouraged use of cessation resources (“how often did your family member encourage you to use medication such as nicotine patch or nicotine gum, call the Asian Smokers’ Quitline, or talk to your doctor to quit smoking?”), (SD)
0.94 (1.17)
Very often or sometimes, %
14.7%
Praised efforts (“how often did your family member praise or encourage you for your efforts to quit smoking?”), (SD)
1.13 (1.20)
Very often or sometimes, %
17.6%
Checked in (“how often did your family member ask you how things were going regarding your current smoking, or quitting situation?”), (SD)
1.63 (1.13)
Very often or sometimes, %
26.5%
Reminded of familial role (“how often did your family member remind you that quitting will set a good example for your children or other family members?”), (SD)
1.89 (1.11)
Very often or sometimes, %
36.5%
Readiness to consider cessation (contemplation ladder, 0-4 scale)
I have not thought about quitting smoking, or I do not know (0)
13.8%
I think I need to consider quitting someday (1)
15.0%
I think I should quit but I am not quite ready (2)
20.3%
I am starting to think about how to change my smoking pattern (3)
22.4%
I am taking action to quit (4)
28.5%
Note: ^ does not include respondents who said “do not know”.
