Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

School

Public Health

Advisor

Richard Jimenez

Abstract

Smoking and tobacco use continue to be a public health issue for over 40 million Americans, which explains the appropriateness and abundance of smoking cessation programs throughout the United States. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the associations between independent variables of marital status, advice from a medical clinician, and use of community smoking cessation resources and the dependent variable of intent to quit smoking, controlling for race, ethnicity, gender, and age. The theory of reasoned action was used to guide the study. Data from the National Adult Tobacco Survey (N = 12,357) were analyzed using binary and multiple logistic regression. Results indicated positive but weak associations between marital status (β = -0.005, p = 0.018); advice from a medical clinician (β = 0.149, p < 0.001); and use of community smoking cessation resources such as advertisements (β = -0.041, p < 0.001), group counseling or medical services (β = -0.042, p < 0.001), and awareness of telephonic quit lines (β = -0.042, p < 0.001). Results may encourage public health professionals, community health workers, and medical professionals to stay current with smoking cessation information, which may enhance public health practice in the area of smoking cessation.

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