• Ahmad Ali Eslami, Abdorrahman Charkazi, Firoozeh Mostafavi, Hossein Shahnazi, Mohammad Taghi Badeleh, and Gholam Reza Sharifirad.
• Ph D in Health Education, Department of Health Education and Health promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran .
• J Educ Health Promot. 2012 Jan 1; 1: 47.

ObjectiveTo investigate selected constructs of the transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavior change regarding smoking behavior among people in the preparation stage, as well as motivation for cessation and nicotine dependency.MethodsA convenience sample of 123 smokers, during between June to and September 2011, completed the Persian version of the short form of a smoking questionnaire based on TTM, the Fagerstrom nicotine dependence test, and the motivational test.ResultsMotivation for cessation was great (16.35 ± 2.45). The negative affects of self-efficacy were higher than those to other situations (4.02 ± 0.84). The pros and cons of smoking were 2.69 ± 1.00 and 3.78 ± 0.78, respectively. Temptation was influenced by nicotine dependency (P < 0.05). Early initiation of smoking was significantly associated with severe nicotine dependency (P < 0.05).ConclusionThe results confirm the role of temptation, increase in the cons, decrease in the pros, and nicotine dependency.

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