Smoking Cessation Behavior in Male Portuguese Californians

Hildemar F. Dos Santos; Serena Tonstad; Susanne B. Montgomery; Michael Paalani; Pegah Faed

doi:10.32398/cjhp.v9i2.1437

Smoking Cessation Behavior in Male Portuguese Californians

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The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of smoking cessation in a sample of male Portuguese Californians using data from the Portuguese Study, a dissertation thesis study with a crosssectional design that assessed 141 smokers and 67 ex-smokers of Portuguese origin residing in Southern and Central California recruited from Portuguese community clubs. Socio-demographics, acculturation, health beliefs, stress, and social support for smoking cessation were assessed and measured in this population. Bivariate predictors of becoming an ex-smoker were being married (p=.01), having a high support index for not smoking (p

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	68-76
Number of pages	9
Journal	Californian Journal of Health Promotion
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.32398/cjhp.v9i2.1437
State	Published - Dec 1 2011

Disciplines

Substance Abuse and Addiction
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Public Health Education and Promotion
Medicine and Health Sciences
Multivariate Analysis
Demography, Population, and Ecology
Family Medicine

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Smoking Cessation Behavior in Male Portuguese Californians

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