J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2005 Jun;17(2):219-229.

Effects of Smoking Cessation Program for Male University Students: Perceived Nicotine Dependency and Self-efficacy

• Chaung SK
• Kim CG

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 8 weeks smoking cessation program(SCP) developed by researchers. METHOD: One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The subjects were 88 male university students who consented to participate in the 8 weeks SCP. The SCP in this study consisted of a stop-smoking class, e-mail, SMS(short message service), cellular phone, internet cafe, displayed panel, and patch or acupuncture for quitting smoking. Korean version of questionnaire for nicotine dependency by Ahn et al.(2002), the smoking self-efficacy scale translated by Choi(1999) and subjects' opinion about the SCP were measured. The data were analyzed by using frequency, Chi-Square test, paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS WIN 10.1 Program. RESULTS: 1) The rate of quitting smoking was 31.8% after 8 weeks SCP. 2) There was no significant decrease in the nicotine dependency score among smoking subjects after SCP. 3) There was a significant increase in self-efficacy after SCP. The mean score of self -efficacy in the quitting smoking group increased significantly, but did not significantly change in the smoking group. 4) The stop-smoking class was the most helpful among contents of the SCP. Contents of the SCP except for internet cafe were useful for quitting smoking in this study. CONCLUSION: The above results indicated that the 8 weeks SCP would be a helpful intervention to quit smoking for male university students.

Keyword

Smoking cessation program; Male university students; Nicotine dependency; Self-efficacy

MeSH Terms

Acupuncture
Cellular Phone
Electronic Mail
Humans
Internet
Male*
Nicotine*
Smoke*
Smoking Cessation*
Smoking*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Nicotine
Smoke