1. Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviours of Clients Attending Five Stop-Smoking Clinics in Malaysia Wee Lei Hum Awang Bulgiba Robert West Malaysia Council for Tobacco Control Conference 2009 UKM, Medical Centre, Cheras 8 – 9 August, 2009

10. Samples N % Age group (Mean = 35, SD = 12) 15 - 24 years old 36 18.0 25 - 34 years old 78 39.0 35 - 44 years old 36 18.0 45 - 54 years old 33 16.5 55 years old and above 17 8.5 Sex Male 191 95.5 Female 9 4.5 Ethnic group Malay 129 64.5 Chinese 34 17.0 Indian 35 17.5 Others 2 1.0 N % Educational level Primary school 13 6.5 Secondary school 100 50.0 Tertiary 87 43.5 Occupation Professional, technical and business 91 45.5 Clerical, service and arm forces 46 23.0 Craft, plant and machinery and elementary 32 16.0 Retired, unemployed, housewife and student 31 15.5 Marital status Married 119 59.5 Single/Divorced/Widowed 81 40.5

11. Smoking History and Current Smoking N % Age at first smoke (Years) (Mean = 17, SD = 4, Median = 16) 10 years and below 5 2.5 11 – 15 years 78 39.0 16 – 20 years 95 47.5 21 years and above 22 11.0 Longest time without cigarettes (Mean=12, SD=36, Median = 1) 0 – 4 weeks 149 74.5 5 weeks and above 51 25.5 N % Household smokers No smoker 104 52.0 One smoker 49 24.5 Two smokers 25 12.5 3-6 smokers 22 11.0 Daily average amount spend, RM (Mean = RM7, SD = 4) Below RM 5 35 17.5 RM 5 – RM 10 140 70.0 RM 11 – RM 15 14 7.0 RM 16 and above 11 5.5

12. Smoking History and Current Smoking N % Fagestrom test score (Mean = 4, SD = 3, Median = 4) Low (0-3) 69 34.5 Moderate (4-5) 59 29.5 High (6-10) 72 36.0 Place where decision to quit was made At home 107 53.5 At a clinic or hospital 54 27.0 At work 21 10.5 Walking down the street 10 5.0 Somewhere else 8 4.0 Health problem Yes 64 32.0 N % Average cigarettes smoked per day (Mean=18, SD=11, Median = 15) Below 10 sticks 30 15.0 10 -15 sticks 72 36.0 16 – 20 sticks 66 33.0 21 sticks and above 32 16.0 Present method of quitting Abrupt 123 61.5 Gradually 77 38.5

14. What smokers were actively thinking when made decision to quit

15. Single Event that Finally Led Smokers to Quit

17. Tension and trigger in smokers who had been seriously thinking to quit smoking before they heard about the clinic

33. Thank You

35. Interview with Smokers

36. Training Session

37. Smoking Cessation Team

38. Quit Smoking Clinic