Smoking prevalence, determinants, knowledge, attitudes and habits among Buddhist monks in Lao PDR

Table 3 Percentage distribution of smoking cessation among monks and novices

	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