Journal article
Characteristics of air force personnel who choose pharmacological aids for smoking cessation following an involuntary tobacco ban and tobacco control program
Health psychology, Vol.26(5), pp.588-597
2007
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.588
PMID: 17845110
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to compare characteristics of smokers who did and did not report use of cessation aids as part of a tobacco control program in a military setting (n = 8994). Design: The study is a longitudinal epidemiological study where the relationship between smoking status at follow-up and use of pharmacologic aids to quit smoking were assessed. Main Outcome Measures: Smoking cessation, post baseline use of cessation aids to quit smoking. Results and Conclusions: Individuals remaining abstinent were 70% less likely to have used NRT/pharmacological aids compared to those that relapsed. NRT/pharmacological aid users were more likely to report plans to smoke after military training, to have friends who smoke, and to accept a cigarette from a friend. NRT/pharmacological aid users were more likely to believe that using NRT was safer than smoking and to have engaged in harm reduction strategies. Our findings suggest that selection bias related to such characteristics may explain some of the discrepancies between effect sizes reported in efficacy compared to effectiveness studies of NRT and smoking outcomes currently reported in the literature.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of air force personnel who choose pharmacological aids for smoking cessation following an involuntary tobacco ban and tobacco control program
- Creators
- Robert C KLESGES - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United StatesMark W VANDER WEG - Iowa City VA Medical Center, United StatesWalker S. Carlos POSTON - University of Missouri-Kansas City, United StatesJ. Taylor HAYS - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, United StatesLisa M KLESGES - Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, United StatesMargaret DEBON - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United StatesJon EBBERT - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, United StatesC. Keith HADDOCK - University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health psychology, Vol.26(5), pp.588-597
- DOI
- 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.588
- PMID
- 17845110
- NLM abbreviation
- Health Psychol
- ISSN
- 0278-6133
- eISSN
- 1930-7810
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association; Washington, DC
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000050, name: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, award: HL053478; DOI: 10.13039/100000871, name: Mayo Clinic
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984063116202771
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