Characteristic a | % or n |
---|---|
Who is more willing to quit? | Â |
   Males | 62% |
   Don't know | 11% |
Target groups for campaigns against abuse? | Â |
   Youth ≤ 25 years | 68% |
   Urban | 5% |
   Users and drug and alcohol organisations | 8% |
   Jails | 3% |
   Other | 16% |
What is the most important motive for quitting? b | Â |
   Family or marital pressure | 60% |
   Economic pressure | 44% |
   Tired of addiction | 42% |
   Legal issues | 22% |
   Employment issues | 12% |
   Physical illness | 4% |
   Other | 4% |
What is a suitable substitute for substance use? c | Â |
   Drug or other treatment | 18 |
   Societal, family or community factors | 16 |
   Recreational/sporting activities | 11 |
   Employment | 10 |
   Restricted access or punitive (eg. jail) | 3 |
   Nothing or don't know | 7 |
Most effective methods for quitting nicotine? c | Â |
   Counselling or psycho-social interventions | 22 |
   Recreational or sporting activities | 9 |
   Pharmacotherapy | 7 |
   Combination of therapies | 3 |
   Alternative therapies | 1 |
   Individual's determination to quit | 2 |
   Don't know | 3 |
Important side-effects of quitting nicotine? c | Â |
   Restlessness/irritability | 18 |
   Physical symptoms/effects | 13 |
   Emotional symptoms/effects | 7 |
   Non-specified withdrawal symptoms | 4 |
   None | 7 |
Effectiveness of complementary medicines for nicotine dependence? c | Â |
   Not effective/minimal | 10 |
   Somewhat effective | 12 |
   Effective | 6 |
   Other | 6 |
   Don't know | 12 |
Suitability of GP to provide drug services | Â |
   Suitable | 71% |