Abstract:
There are many smokers try to stop smoking but some of them really don't know how to pursue their process of cessation and they are not sure that they can stop smoking. The smoking cessation clinic is necessary needed for them. The main objective of this evaluation research is to assess the effectiveness of the smoking cessation program. The 73 voluntary smokers were purposively recruited as the sample of study. The interview technique with structured questionnaire, self-evaluation form, and the follow-up of cases were employed for data collection. The follow-up was conducted in week 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 as well as one year term during June, 1993 to June 1994. Percentage, paired sample t-test, and chi-square test were used for data analysis at level of significance 0.05 The findings showed that approximately 53 percent of those sampled could stop smoking in the first week, but this rate of stop - smoking was gradually declined in week 2, 3, 5 and 8 at percentage, 37, 23, 19 and 14, respectively. Finally, there was only approximately 6 percent of them could stop-smoking at the end of year. There were significant relationship between behavioral intention and stop-smoking behavior where as it was not found cigarette consumption per day, years of smoking and previous experience of stop smoking, and stop smoking behavior. In addition, the smokers sampled significantly gained more knowledge of stop smoking, efficacy expectation and out come expectation than prior to attending the cessation smoking program. According to the findings, counselling technique, reinforcement, and positive modeling were recommended to launch in the smoking cessation clinic. This kind of service should be expanded to nation wide so that it can help smokers stop-smoking when they need.
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