People Who Quitted Smoking And Who Tried But Could Not Quit Smoking Methods Used

There are several methods exist to quit smoking. In this study it is aimed to evaluate the inconvenience and the methods which were used by people who have successfully gave-up smoking and who tried to quit but could not do so. Total 157 volunteers who have applied to 5 different primary health care facilities at Konya city center were involve in this descriptive study. t-test and Mann-Whitney-U test were used to evaluate the data. Of the study population 66 (42%) were successfully quitted smoking and 91 (58%) were tried but could not quit smoking. 18% of successfully quitters and 6.6% of non successful attempts were received professional support (p=.03). Only 27.3% of quitters and 10.6% of attempts were utilized any kind of method to quit smoking (p=.008). Receiving professional support and utilizing a reliable method aid to quit smoking.