Programa Nacional de Controle do Tabagismo: perfil do participante e fatores associados à cessação

Abstract

Smoking is considered an epidemic without borders, a non-communicable disease and preventable diseases is among the highest mortality in the world and can be treated. Objective: To verify factors associated with the abandonment of cigarette smoking among participants in the National Program for Tobacco Control Methods: cross-sectional study of smoking tobacco participants of the National Program for Tobacco Control in Day Hospital Prof. Corsini Esterina Tobacco Cessation Program at the Day Hospital Esterina Corsini, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) 2004-2010. Were included in the study adults of 18 years who sought the program spontaneously or were referred by professionals UFMS. The standardized form by the National Cancer Institute (INCA) was applied to the participants in the first interview with the psychologist in data collection , after approval by the Ethics Committee of UFMS and Research under Protocol No. 1,811 . The Chi-square tests, Chi- square test for trend and Fisher's Exact and prevalence ratios with a confidence interval of 95 % were used . Results: Between participants, 49.5 % male and 50.5 % female ; mean age of 47.47±11.52 years ; schooling: 44.8 % with at least nine years of education and 54.9 % with up to eight years. The age of onset of smoking was between 11 and 16 years in 57%. The most frequent pathology 52.2% was gastric problems. Nicotine dependence measured by the test Fargeström reached Medium, Low or Very Low score in 44.3 %, and High or Very High in 55.6 %. Conclusion: It was demonstrated that the greater the degree of nicotine dependence, the lower the percentage of smokers who stopped smoking.