Stages of change in cigarette consumers in Zarzal, Colombia, 1999

Authors

  • Gustavo Cabrera A Universidad de Antioquia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.892

Keywords:

Stages of change, transtheoretical model, smoking, health promotion

Abstract

In an investigation on the use of two models of the area of health promotion for the design of a strategy of local control of smoking, the stages of change of the transtheoretical model of health behavior were studied in people with regular cigarette consumption. In January 1999 interviews were made to a sample of urban residents of the municipality of Zarzal, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. 138 people of both sexes participated, with ages between 20 and 59 years, that had smoked a minimum of one cigarette a day during six continuous
whenever in the two previous years to the interview. Demographic variables of the pattern of cigarette consumption and their relations with the stages of change when quitting smoke habit studied. The beginning of cigarette consumption varied in a rank between 7 and 40 years with 16 as the average. The age when
regular consumption of minimum one cigarette a day was 18.6 years. On average among the interviewees, 42% were classified as precontemplators, 50% as contemplators, 1% were on preparation to change their pattern of cigarette consumption, 2% were classified in the stage of action and 5% in the stage of maintenance of their condition of ex-smokers. A greater level of scholarship (X2: 27,51), as well as the history of attempts of giving up the habit (Q: 0,85) were directly associated to the intention of the participants to favorably change their pattern of cigarette consumption. 
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Author Biography

Gustavo Cabrera A, Universidad de Antioquia

Profesor Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública

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2009-03-06

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Cabrera A G. Stages of change in cigarette consumers in Zarzal, Colombia, 1999. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 6 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];19(2). Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/fnsp/article/view/892

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