... Changedefines a persons’ readinesstochangeasaprogressionthrough the five stages: Precontemplation, Contempla-tion, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance [20]. Thefirst stage, P recontemplation, ... distribution of scores on the Stages of Changeassessment was 61.6% in “Preparation” (planning to quitwithin 30 days), 27.9% in “Contemplation (planning toquit within 6 m onths), and 10.4% in “ ... the questionnaires assessing socio-demographicinformation, smoking history (e.g., years, quit attempts,etc.), motivation to quit, confidence in remaining absti-nent, reasons to continue to smoke...