Table 4 Barriers to smoking cessation
Barriers to smoking cessation | Yes |
|---|---|
Smoking helps me control stress | 62% |
Without cigarettes, I would feel too irritable to be around | 51% |
Without cigarettes, I would feel too anxious or worried about things | 42% |
I enjoy smoking too much to give it up | 41% |
It would be too hard to control my weight without smoking | 33% |
I don't know how to go about quitting smoking | 29% |
There are too many difficult things going on in my life right now | 28% |
I can't afford or find a smoking cessation program | 28% |
Smoking helps me control other behaviours that I have already changed | 17% |
I have tried to quit smoking in the past so many times, I've given up | 14% |
Without cigarettes, I would fell too down or sad | 14% |
My family and friends don't think it is important to quit smoking | 12% |