“…The abbreviated 29-item Big Five Inventory (Leung et al, 2012) was used to measure the five personality trait dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience using a 5-point Likert scale, ranged from 1 = 'strongly disagree' to 5 = 'strongly agree'. Information related to smoking behaviors at baseline included the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) score (Heatherton et al, 1991), stage of readiness to quit smoking (action, preparation, contemplation, and contemplation), whether smoked 15 cigarettes or more per day and age started smoking, and self-report smoking status at 12-month follow-up and total number of the four sessions of counseling had been received during the 12-month period were retrieved from record.…”