Gender Differences in Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Young Adults After Implementation of Local Comprehensive Tobacco Control

Ellis, Jennifer A.; Perl, Sarah B.; Davis, Karen; Vichinsky, Laura E.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.101758

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“…However, further discussion and research on gender differences in smoking and cessation behaviours is warranted. The results of this study were contrary to the results of a study conducted by Ellis et al (2008), which found that women were more likely to enroll in, and were responsive to, cessation services while men required more-intensive strategies and outreach efforts to encourage engagement 42 .…”

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An evaluation of the effects of chronic diseases and health conditions on tobacco cessation

Bowden

Barr

Rickert

2011

Health Education Journal

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Objective: This study examined the effects of chronic health conditions on tobacco cessation and participation in a follow-up assessment among 13,900 smokers in a telephone-based tobacco cessation programme. Design: This study involved gathering data from individuals during pre-and post-intervention telephonic assessments following their decision to participate in the tobacco cessation wellness programme. Setting: The study sample included participants from across the United States, with a large concentration living in the Midwestern region. Method: The study sample was limited to participants who were eligible to receive three-month, sixmonth, and 12-month follow-up calls. Logistic regressions were used to allow an estimate of the impact of chronic conditions while holding constant other factors such as age, readiness, and confidence. Results: The results suggest that the presence of certain chronic conditions was associated with a reduced likelihood of quitting smoking. The presence of chronic conditions did not influence the likelihood that participants completed the follow-up assessment. Interestingly, the effect of chronic conditions on cessation was only slightly higher than the impact of gender. The four-point difference warrants further investigation, especially considering the higher rates of depression in women. Conclusion: This study supports prior research that the presence of one or more chronic conditions has a negative effect on the ability to cease tobacco use. More customized programmes are required to overcome the significant effect of gender, the presence of certain chronic conditions such as depression, and the impact of follow-up calls on cessation success.

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An evaluation of the effects of chronic diseases and health conditions on tobacco cessation

Bowden

Barr

Rickert

2011

Health Education Journal

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“…The most promising of these studies was an ecological evaluation of New York City's comprehensive tobacco control programme (including taxation, smoke-free legislation, education and promotion of cessation services), focusing on smoking in young adults 18–24 118. Young adult smoking declined in the 3 years following the programme, with greater reductions in low-income neighbourhoods.…”

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Impact of tobacco control interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: review of the evidence

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“…New York City's experience with incorporating a cessation-services component into their program, which included physician outreach and education, quit-smoking clinics, and population-wide distribution of free nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), was associated with greater use of cessation services, greater quit rates, and reductions in smoking prevalence, particularly among young women. 86,87 Part of this strategy also includes implementation of statewide, tobacco-cessation, telephone counseling. These toll-free services, which have a broad reach, can deliver effective behavioral counseling to diverse groups of tobacco users, including low-income, rural, elderly, uninsured, and racial/ethnic subpopulations of smokers.…”

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Tobacco Control in the United States--Recent Progress And Opportunities

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et al. 2009

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

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Effective tobacco control efforts have resulted in substantial declines in tobacco use and tobacco-related cancer deaths in the United States. Nearly 40% of reductions in male lung cancer deaths between 1991 and 2003 can be attributed to smoking declines in the last half century. Nevertheless, tobacco use still remains the single, largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Each year, smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke result in nearly half a million premature deaths of which nearly one-third are due to cancer. In a previous report, we described youth and adult smoking prevalence and patterns and discussed policy measures that had proven effective in comprehensive tobacco control. In this report, we update trends in youth and adult smoking prevalence. We find that while adult smoking prevalence has declined overall, socioeconomic gradients in smoking still persist within race and ethnic subgroups. In addition, we describe the diffusion of tobacco-control strategies at the national, state, and community level. Although recent developments, such as the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of tobacco products, hold promise for tobacco control, there continues to be a need for broader dissemination of sustainably funded comprehensive national and state tobacco-control programs.

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Gender Differences in Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among Young Adults After Implementation of Local Comprehensive Tobacco Control

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

An evaluation of the effects of chronic diseases and health conditions on tobacco cessation

An evaluation of the effects of chronic diseases and health conditions on tobacco cessation

Impact of tobacco control interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: review of the evidence

Tobacco Control in the United States--Recent Progress And Opportunities

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