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Aims: The Motivation to Stop Scale (MTSS) is a single-item English language scale for predicting attempts to quit smoking. The aim of the study was an external validation of a German version of the MTSS (Motivation zum Rauchstopp Skala, MRS) based on a sample of current tobacco smokers in Germany. Methods: We used data from the first 18 waves (June 2016–May 2019) of the DEBRA study (German Study on Tobacco Use): a nationwide, face-to-face household survey of persons aged 14 years and older with one follow-up telephone interview after 6 months. We analysed data from 767 current smokers. The MRS was used at baseline (level 1–7 = no to highest motivation). At follow-up, the number of quit attempts since baseline were measured. We conducted logistic regression analyses and calculated the discriminant accuracy of MRS using the Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC-AUC). Results: At baseline, 61.1 % (n = 469; 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 57.7–64.6) of current 767 tobacco smokers were not motivated to quit smoking (MRS level 1–2). Overall, 185 of the 767 smokers (24.1 %; CI = 21.1–27.1) made at least one quit attempt between the baseline and follow-up survey. The odds of reporting a quit attempt increased with increasing motivation to stop smoking on the MRS: odds ratio = 1.37, 95 % CI = 1.25–1.51. The discriminative accuracy of the MRS was ROC-AUC = 0.64. Conclusion: The MRS is a brief and valid measurement for assessing the motivation to stop smoking in the German language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: Clinical guidelines recommend to routinely offer brief physician advice on smoking cessation. Representative data on the implementation of this recommendation in Germany and on associations with sociodemographic data or smoking behaviour of smokers will be collected. Methods: The German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA) collects data on tobacco and e-cigarette consumption in representative samples of the population every other month (~2,000 persons, =14 years). During the first five study waves since June 2016 (10,225 respondents), smokers were asked about the receipt of brief physician advice to quit smoking at their last visit with a general practitioner (A) or a different specialist (B). Associations with sociodemographic data and smoking behaviour were analysed. Results: According to own reports of 2,910 smokers, 72.8 % (95 %CI= 71--74 %) had visited a physician of specialisation A and/or B during the previous year. Of these, 80.7 % (95 %CI= 79--82 %) had not received advice to quit, 3.6 % (95 %CI= 3--5 %) had been offered an evidence-based cessation method. Heavy cigarette consumption and increasing age were associated with the receipt of advice (P<0.001), but not education and income. Differences between medical specialisation A and B were small. Conclusion: The receipt of brief physician advice on smoking cessation according to clinical guidelines is rarely reported by smokers in Germany. There is an urgent need for action to improve the implementation of the guideline recommendation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]