Smoking Cessation

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Which Literacy Skills Are Associated with Smoking? — Feb 1, 2012

Increases in reading skills and numeracy skills substantially increase the odds that an individual will quit smoking.

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Momentary Effects of Exposure to Prosmoking Media on College Students' Future Smoking Risk — Feb 1, 2012

This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine acute changes in college students' future smoking risk as a function of their exposure to prosmoking media (e.g., smoking in movies, paid advertising, point-of-sale displays).

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Targeting Anti-Smoking Messages: Does Audience Race Matter? — Jan 1, 2012

This study examined whether an adolescent's self-identified race moderates the perceived effectiveness of anti-smoking messages.

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Multisite Cost Analysis of a School-Based Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program — Aug 31, 2011

The large cross-school variation in the cost of implementing Project CHOICE (a voluntary after-school prevention program for adolescents) highlights the importance of collecting cost information from multiple sites.

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Within-day Temporal Patterns of Smoking, Withdrawal Symptoms, and Craving — Aug 31, 2011

Real-time data collected by palm-top computer confirms individual differences in situational smoking associations.

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A Unified Framework for Smoking Assessment: The PROMIS Smoking Initiative — Jan 16, 2011

The PROMIS Smoking Initiative has the goal of developing, evaluating, and making widely available a set of items for assessing smoking behavior and the biopsychosocial constructs that can be used to predict smoking outcomes.

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The Effects of Arkansas Master Settlement Spending on Disparities in Smoking — Jan 1, 2011

We assessed the effect of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) spending on smoking disparities in Arkansas, which distinguished itself from other states by investing all of its MSA funds in health-related programs.

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Lapse-induced Surges in Craving Influence Relapse in Adult Smokers: An Experimental Investigation — Dec 31, 2010

Previously abstinent smokers who lapse are at risk for increased cigarette cravings and full-blown relapse. The findings have implications for cognitive–behavioral treatments to prevent relapse and medications to help smokers manage cravings.

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The Role of the Self in Smoking Initiation and Smoking Cessation: A Review and Blueprint for Research at the Intersection of Social-Cognition and Health — Dec 31, 2010

This paper discusses a contemporary social cognitive framework that can be used to understand the role of the self-concept in smoking.

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Nicotine Replacement Prescribing Trends in a Large Psychiatric Hospital, Before and After Implementation of a Hospital-Wide Smoking Ban — Dec 31, 2010

Clinicians are more likely to treat symptoms of nicotine withdrawal when smoking is restricted. Hospitals should monitor prescriptions for nicotine replacement therapies to ensure high quality patient care.

RESEARCH BRIEF

The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Programs: The Impact of One State's Investment in the Health of its Residents — Jun 23, 2010

Summarizes results of RAND's evaluation of the progress and impact of Arkansas' antismoking and health programs established with its share of tobacco settlement funds.

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Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Change in Smoking Status — Dec 31, 2009

Whether or not an adolescent stops or begins smoking is influenced by whether or not his/her romantic relationship smokes.

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Shaping Smoking Cessation in Hard-To-Treat Smokers — Dec 31, 2009

Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.

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Tobacco Industry Manipulation Messages in Anti-Smoking Public Service Announcements: The Effect of Explicitly Versus Implicitly Delivering Messages — Dec 31, 2009

Message content in anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) can be delivered explicitly (directly with concrete statements) or implicitly (indirectly via metaphor), and the method of delivery may affect the efficacy of those PSAs. The purpose of this study was to conduct an initial test of this idea using tobacco industry manipulation PSAs in adolescents.

PERIODICAL

RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2009 — Aug 17, 2009

A section on U.S. health care reform accompanies features on piracy, education priorities, emerging technologies, and Arkansas antismoking programs; other stories discuss climate change, parolees, oil risks, Mexican security, and global drug policies.

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Uncovering the Most Effective Active Ingredients of Antismoking Public Service Announcements: The Role of Actor and Message Characteristics — Dec 31, 2008

The effect of antismoking public service announcements can be strengthened by using actors whom adolescents perceive to be appealing.

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The Effectiveness of Covering Smoking Cessation Services for Medicare Beneficiaries — Dec 31, 2007

Examined whether reimbursement for Provider Counseling, Pharmacotherapies, and a telephone Quitline increase smoking cessation relative to Usual Care. A telephone Quitline in conjunction with low-cost Pharmacotherapy was found to be the most effective means of reducing smoking in the elderly.

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Marriage and Smoking Cessation — Dec 31, 2006

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the authors consider the relationship between the timing of family formation and positive changes in health behavior.

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Contingencies for Change in Complacent Smokers — Dec 31, 2006

The majority of smokers have no plans to quit in the near future. These complacent smokers are less likely to quit than other smokers, and few interventions are known to reduce smoking in this population.

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Use of Medicare Summary Notice Inserts to Generate Interest in the Medicare Stop Smoking Program — Dec 31, 2006

Evaluations of outreach strategies that effectively and efficiently reach the senior population often go unreported. The Medicare Stop Smoking Program (MSSP) was a seven-state demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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