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September 10, 2025HealthcareOpen Access

Smoking Abstinence Self-Efficacy, Decisional Balance, and Quitting Desire Among Adult Smokers in Saudi Arabia: Gender-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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SSSamiha Hamdi SayedSaudi Electronic UniversityOGOlfat Abdulgafoor GushgariSaudi Electronic UniversityFAFadiyah Abdullah AlshwailSaudi Electronic University

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Implication

Cross-sectional study highlights quit desire disparities and self-efficacy predictors in adult smokers, indicating tailored strategies are needed.

Key Points

  • Males show higher nicotine dependence and longer smoking duration, while females express a stronger desire to quit.
  • A significant 76.8% of females reported a strong desire to quit compared to 66.9% of males, revealing gender-based quitting motivations.
  • Higher smoking abstinence self-efficacy was found in males, with females showing greater negative decisional balance awareness overall.
  • This study reveals complex factors affecting smoking cessation, emphasizing the need for tailored cessation strategies to improve outcomes.

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Sayed et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c24364b210217d647a762dhttps://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13172158
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