Smoking Cessation Evaluation
An evaluation of gender differences in smoking cessation success
Smoking remains the world’s leading preventable cause of death, killing 6 million people annually worldwide accounting for 20% of male’s deaths and 5% of female’s deaths (WHO, 2011). It is a major contributor in the development of many diseases including, COPD, lung cancer and cardiovascular disease; and places women at a greater overall risk for disease than men. Therefore promoting and sustaining smoking cessation is very significant in the promotion of health for individuals, and is equally important in both males and females. Studies show a discrepancy between the desire to seek support for smoking cessation and the success in doing so, and gender may or may not play a role into this.
Past attempts at quitting smoking, stress, education and depression are all factors which impact an individual’s chances of quitting smoking successfully. Some factors may impact a woman’s chances of success whilst other factors may be more reinforced in men. For example pregnancy, family, stress and body image are more vital to women whereas for men it is the habit, physical dominance, antisocial tendencies and the feeling of pleasure which are more important (Papers et al., …show more content…
They found that females were more motivated to access smoking cessation services more than males. 71% of smokers in the survey reported they had tried to quit smoking at least once. 73.9% of females were more likely to report they had tried to give up smoking compared to 69.6%. Furthermore it was found that females had more assistance offered to them in setting up a quit date. This data is supported by (Sparks, 2011) which found that women were more likely to maintain smoking because they didn’t know how to stop which explains why they are more likely to seek assistance when
Smoking remains the world’s leading preventable cause of death, killing 6 million people annually worldwide accounting for 20% of male’s deaths and 5% of female’s deaths (WHO, 2011). It is a major contributor in the development of many diseases including, COPD, lung cancer and cardiovascular disease; and places women at a greater overall risk for disease than men. Therefore promoting and sustaining smoking cessation is very significant in the promotion of health for individuals, and is equally important in both males and females. Studies show a discrepancy between the desire to seek support for smoking cessation and the success in doing so, and gender may or may not play a role into this.
Past attempts at quitting smoking, stress, education and depression are all factors which impact an individual’s chances of quitting smoking successfully. Some factors may impact a woman’s chances of success whilst other factors may be more reinforced in men. For example pregnancy, family, stress and body image are more vital to women whereas for men it is the habit, physical dominance, antisocial tendencies and the feeling of pleasure which are more important (Papers et al., …show more content…
They found that females were more motivated to access smoking cessation services more than males. 71% of smokers in the survey reported they had tried to quit smoking at least once. 73.9% of females were more likely to report they had tried to give up smoking compared to 69.6%. Furthermore it was found that females had more assistance offered to them in setting up a quit date. This data is supported by (Sparks, 2011) which found that women were more likely to maintain smoking because they didn’t know how to stop which explains why they are more likely to seek assistance when