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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on May 27, 2005
The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(3):256-261; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki077
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Smoking

Determinants of smoking status: cross-sectional data on smoking initiation and cessation

A. Jeanne M. van Loon1, Marja Tijhuis1, Paul G. Surtees2 and Johan Ormel3

1 National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
2 Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, UK
3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Correspondence: A.J.M. van Loon, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Care Research, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands, tel. +31 30 2743210, fax +31 30 2744407, Email: jeanne.van.loon{at}rivm.nl

Background: Cigarette smoking is known to increase the risk of chronic disease. Improved understanding of factors that contribute to smoking initiation and cessation may help to underpin strategies that lead to smoking behavior change. Methods: Cross-sectional data obtained from 11 967 men and women, aged 20–65 years, were used to study associations with smoking initiation and smoking cessation within the general population. Information on smoking habits, socio-demographic factors and psychosocial factors were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression analyses were undertaken by gender. Results: Adverse childhood experiences and personality characteristics (including extraversion, neuroticism and hostility) were found to be related to smoking initiation. Age, marital status and tobacco-related factors were consistently associated with smoking cessation. Older people, married persons and those who smoked more cigarettes per day had a higher likelihood of quitting, both for men and women. Conclusions: Smoking initiation was found to be associated with adverse childhood events and with measures of personality whereas smoking cessation was associated predominantly with socio-demographic and tobacco use-related factors.

Keywords: smoking initiation, smoking cessation, correlates


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