abstract: 'Objective. To characterize the desire for cessation and willingness to

  pay for abandonment therapy. Materials and methods. The data source is

  the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Cessation and willingness to pay

  were characterized by sociodemographic (SD) and socioeconomic (SE)

  variables. Logistic regressions were performed to estimate associations.

  Results. A greater desire for cessation was observed in variables:

  women, education, non-governmental and inactive employees, rural areas,

  occasional smokers and middle income, and greater willingness to pay,

  in: education, over 60 years old, non-governmental, self-employed, urban

  area, occasional smokers and low median income. Conclusions. There is a

  high relation between the desire for abandonment, and willingness to pay

  with SD and SE variables. Cessation therapies can be applied in work

  centers, and require a change of focus in the intervention.'
affiliation: 'Herrera-Ballesteros, VH (Corresponding Author), Inst Conmemorat Gorgas
  Estudios Salud, Ave Justo Arosemena \& Calle 35, Panama City, Panama.

  Herrera-Ballesteros, Victor H.; Zuniga, Julio; Moreno, Ilais; Gomez, Beatriz, Inst
  Conmemorat Gorgas Estudios Salud, Ave Justo Arosemena \& Calle 35, Panama City,
  Panama.

  Roa-Rodriguez, Reina, Minist Salud, Panama City, Panama.'
author: Herrera-Ballesteros, Victor H. and Zuniga, Julio and Moreno, Ilais and Gomez,
  Beatriz and Roa-Rodriguez, Reina
author-email: vherrera@gorgas.gob.pa
author_list:
- family: Herrera-Ballesteros
  given: Victor H.
- family: Zuniga
  given: Julio
- family: Moreno
  given: Ilais
- family: Gomez
  given: Beatriz
- family: Roa-Rodriguez
  given: Reina
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.21149/7727
eissn: 1606-7916
files: []
issn: 0036-3634
journal: SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO
keywords: tobacco products; cessation; Panama; socioeconomic factors
keywords-plus: SMOKERS; TOBACCO; DISPARITIES
language: Spanish
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '30'
orcid-numbers: 'Moreno Velasquez, Ilais/0000-0001-6058-8983

  Herrera Ballesteros, Victor Hugo/0000-0002-4756-4108

  Zuniga Cisneros, Julio/0000-0002-4659-3468'
pages: S54-S62
papis_id: 2795010cb1d6220d26febbdcf973df0d
ref: Herreraballesteros2017quittingsmoking
times-cited: '0'
title: Quitting smoking and willingness to pay for cessation in Panama
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000401050900011
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '59'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2017'