권은주, 나은희

한국건강관리협회 건강증진연구소

Background: Relapse is the common situation of smoking
cessation attempts. There are few studies that analyzed the
related factors of smoking relapse among military personnel.
Thus, This study was performed to investigate factors
related to smoking relapse among military personnel who
participated smoking cessation clinics in Korea. Methods:
The study subjects were 19,874 military personnel who
enrolled smoking cessation clinic from January in 2015 to
December in 2017. Smoking cessation applied to criteria
exhaled carbon monoxide and urine cotinine levels.
Binominal logistic regression analysis was performed to
confirm related factors of smoking relapse among military
personnel who succeed to quit smoking. Results: The
smoking relapse rate of study subjects who succeeded in
quitting smoking for 1-month was 15.3% after 3-months
and 60.8% after 6-months follow-up. The factors
associated with relapse smoking included implementing
year, past year quit attempts, number or cigarettes smoked
per day, regular exercise, blood pressure. Levels of nicotine
dependence affected smoking relapse at 3-months follow-
up. Conclusions: Tailored approaches are necessary to
reduce the rates of smoking relapse for military personnel
who succeeded to quit smoking shortly but relapse back to
smoking. Korean J Health Promot 2018;18(3):138-146
Keywords: Smoking prevention, Recurrence, Smoking
cessation, Military personnel