Table 3 Percentage distribution of smoking cessation among monks and novices
From: Smoking prevalence, determinants, knowledge, attitudes and habits among Buddhist monks in Lao PDR
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | % |
| Want to quit smoking | ||
| Yes | 84 | 97.7 |
| No | 2 | 2.3 |
| Tried to quit smoking within last year | ||
| Yes | 66 | 76.7 |
| No | 20 | 23.3 |
| How long did you stop smoking | ||
| ≤ 1 month | 31 | 47 |
| 1 – 5 months | 28 | 42.4 |
| 6 – 11 months | 4 | 6.1 |
| 1 year | 2 | 3 |
| 2 years or longer | 1 | 1.5 |
| Methods used to quit smoking | ||
| 'Cold turkey' | 8 | 18.2 |
| Drug therapy | 2 | 4.5 |
| Weaning | 34 | 77.3 |
| Others | 22 | 50 |
| Received advice to quit smoking | ||
| Yes | 43 | 65.2 |
| No | 23 | 34.8 |
| Person giving advice to quit smoking (Multiple response) | ||
| Doctor/Nurse | 7 | 53.8 |
| Lay people | 13 | 22.4 |
| Fellow monks | 21 | 36.2 |
| Media | 4 | 6.9 |
| Others | 20 | 34.5 |
| Primary reason for quitting smoking | ||
| Illness (at or before time of quitting), | 19 | 22.1 |
| Healthy, but wanted to prevent illness | 35 | 40.7 |
| Seeing Illness develop in other smokers | 11 | 12.8 |
| Family Disapproval | 5 | 5.8 |
| Not enough money to buy tobacco | 2 | 2.3 |
| Disapproval of friends and co-workers | 2 | 2.3 |
| Don't know/refuse to answer | 12 | 14.0 |
| Reason not to quit smoking | ||
| Don't know how | 31 | 36 |
| Just don't want to | 5 | 5.8 |
| No advice | 5 | 5.8 |
| Others | 45 | 52.3 |