University Health Service Physician Intervention with Cigarette Smokers

Hellmann, Rosemary; O’Shea, Robert M.; Kunz, Marie L.; Schimpfhauser, F

doi:10.1080/07448481.1988.9939049

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“…51 A quasi-experimental design (N = 179) was used to test the effectiveness of physician advice on smoking in a university health service setting. Experimental group participants received a brief, quasi-standardized intervention that contained core smoking cessation components but enabled the physician delivering the intervention to add his or her own conversational pieces.…”

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Cigarette Smoking Practices Among American College Students: Review and Future Directions

Patterson

Lerman

Kaufmann

et al. 2004

Journal of American College Health

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Cigarette smoking among college students is a critical public health problem. In this article, the authors review available research on cigarette smoking practices among college students and suggest directions for future research. Studies show that smoking by college students is associated with being White, living in housing where smoking is permitted, using alcohol and other substances, and having a lower psychological sense of well-being. Depression, life satisfaction, and coping style are also related to college smoking, but the causal relationship remains unclear. Although a large proportion of college students have made an attempt to quit smoking, only a minority actually succeed. Most study designs examining college smoking have been cross-sectional, descriptive, or both. Thus, conclusions regarding predictors of smoking onset, maintenance, and cessation cannot be made. Future studies should use longitudinal designs that can identify psychological and socioenvironmental determinants of smoking among college students. Such information could inform the development of smoking prevention and cessation interventions targeted to the college student population.

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Section: Effectiveness Of Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cigarette Smoking Practices Among American College Students: Review and Future Directions

Patterson

Lerman

Kaufmann

et al. 2004

Journal of American College Health

168

112

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“…A review of the past 25 years of tobacco-related research involving adolescents and young adults (Sussman, 2002), in conjunction with our own literature review, revealed only four published intervention studies involving young adults (Ames et al, 2005;Hellman, O'Shea, Kunz, & Schimpfhauser, 1988;Rutter, 1990;Suedfeld, Landon, Pargament, & Epstien, 1972). Only Rutter (1990), an uncontrolled investigation conducted in 24 university students and utilizing a behavioral smoking reduction intervention, yielded significant results, with 7 of the 24 participants being abstinent from smoking at 1 year, and 8 participants reporting a reduced rate of smoking.…”

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Expressive writing as a smoking cessation treatment adjunct for young adult smokers

Ames

Patten

Werch

et al. 2007

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This investigation evaluated the efficacy of expressive writing as a treatment adjunct to a brief office smoking cessation intervention plus nicotine patch therapy in young adults. Participants aged 18-24 years were randomized to a brief office intervention (n=99) or to an expressive writing plus brief office intervention (n=97). Both conditions received four individual visits plus 6 weeks of nicotine patch therapy, which began on the quit date following the week 2 visit. Participants in the expressive writing plus brief intervention condition wrote for 2 consecutive days before and 3 consecutive days after the quit date. The brief office intervention group completed a control writing assignment. At end of treatment (week 8), biochemically confirmed 7-day point-prevalence abstinence for the expressive writing plus brief office intervention condition was significantly greater than for the brief office condition (33% vs. 20%, p=.043, OR=2.0, 95% CI=1.0-3.7, from a logistic regression adjusting for gender). At 24 and 52 weeks, abstinence rates were similar for the brief office intervention versus expressive writing plus brief office intervention (12% vs. 11% at 24 weeks; 11% vs. 11% at 52 weeks). The results suggest that expressive writing has promise as a smoking cessation treatment adjunct for young adults. Lengthier interventions or the use of boosters should be tested to extend treatment effects. However, participants reported a low level of enthusiasm for the expressive writing, which may be a barrier to implementing it over a longer time frame. Therefore, other modes of delivering expressive writing to young adult cigarette smokers should be explored.

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“…Despite the high prevalence of smoking in young adults, few intervention trials have been designed specifically for this group. A review of the last 25 years of tobacco related research involving adolescents and young adults (i.e., 3) in conjunction with our own review of the recent literature, revealed only four published intervention studies focused on young adults; an uncontrolled investigation conducted in 24 university students that used a behavioral smoking reduction intervention (4); an intervention consisting of brief consultation by a physician and self-help booklets delivered to 172 college student smokers compared to a no treatment control group of 179 students (5); an intervention consisting of sensory deprivation combined with an anti-smoking message compared to the anti-smoking message only in 40 male undergraduate students (6); and a trial which compared brief office intervention only in 99 young adults to expressive writing plus brief office intervention in 97 young adults (7). Thus, based on the very limited existing literature, young adults stand to benefit greatly from the development of effective tobacco cessation interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrated Smoking Cessation and Binge Drinking Intervention for Young Adults: a Pilot Investigation

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University Health Service Physician Intervention with Cigarette Smokers

Cited by 15 publications

References 4 publications

Cigarette Smoking Practices Among American College Students: Review and Future Directions

Cigarette Smoking Practices Among American College Students: Review and Future Directions

Expressive writing as a smoking cessation treatment adjunct for young adult smokers

Integrated Smoking Cessation and Binge Drinking Intervention for Young Adults: a Pilot Investigation

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