Effects of The Modifying Smoking Cessation Behavior Program by Applying Self-Efficacy and Social Support Theory: A Case Study in Ban Rong Sub-District, Ngao District, Lampang Province

Abstract

The quasi-experimental research aimed to investigate the effect of modifying smoking cessation behavior program by comparing the score of ability in oneself to stop smoking. An expectation was a result from stopping smoking, receiving social support and individual behavior by stopping smoking both before and after of the participants in the modifying smoking cessation behavior program. A sample was selected from forty-one smokers in Ban Rong Sub-district, Ngao District, Lampang Province. Selecting the sample by simple sampling. The instruments used were questionnaires, personal, smoking behavior information and the modifying smoking cessation behavior program applied the self-efficacy and social support theory by organizing the activity 10 times in 12 weeks, consisting of receptive activity of the ability to stop smoking, the expectation of the result from stopping smoking and receiving social support. A software package was used for data analysis to assess the amount, percentage, standard deviation and t-test result of the program. The findings were as follows: the experiment using the modifying smoking cessation behavior program it was found that the score of reception of one’s ability in stopping smoking was higher. The expectation in the result from stopping smoking and receiving social support and behavior in stopping smoking of the participants, including the modifying smoking cessation behavior program could be higher than before the experiment which was statistically significant at less than 0.01. The experimental group cessation smoking 28 people (68.29%) after 10 weeks, which came from self-efficacy and social support. The suggestion ought to apply community participation for creating an environment to sustainable smoking cessation.