International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021052019051820412041ENStudent Research Committee, Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, ShirazIndiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, INDepartment of Community Medicine, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz20190518<p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Background</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">There is evidence that cessation programs can be effective for hospital inpatients. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of such programs and factors that may affect success. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Methods</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This study was carried out on in‑patient users of tobacco in Shiraz<br />Hospital, Iran in 2015. After implementing the inclusion criteria, a study population was selected using a convenience sampling method. Participants were contacted monthly by study personnel concerning certain aspects of their tobacco cessation program. The study lasted 6 months. Data analyses involved survival analysis using Kaplan–Meier analysis, log‑rank test, and multivariate Cox regression modeling. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Results</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">The study included 425 in‑patient smokers of which 328 (77.2%) were male. Median follow‑up time was 96 days (interquartile range: 20–150). Cessation survival rates were 76% at 1 month, 63% at 2 months, and 61% at 3 months. From the 4</span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size: 5pt;">th </span><span class="fontstyle2">month onward rates remained unchanged at 60%. Univariate analyses with variables such as time since last smoking, consumption type, interval between wake‑up and consumption, the severity of dependence and interest in smoking cessation were statistically signifcant as to cessation survival rate (</span><span class="fontstyle3">P </span><span class="fontstyle2">˂ 0.05).<br />After adjusting the confounding variables based on multivariable analyses, results indicated that consumption type, the severity of dependence and interest in smoking cessation were the most important predictors of cessation survival rates among in‑patient smokers. </span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Findings indicated that application of the cessation program among our group of inpatients appears to have been an effective intervention that produced an extended period of no smoking.<br /></span></p><p><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: #00652e;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: </span><span class="fontstyle3">Inpatients, smoking cessation, tobacco use</span></p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2041http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2041/717717860