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Smoking Cessation

Journal Article

Implementation of the Tobacco-Free Campus Policy on College Campuses: Evidence from a Survey of College Students in Beijing

A survey of Beijing college students suggests that the Tobacco Free Campus Policy for Chinese college campuses is not fully enforced.

May 25, 2016
Journal Article

Advice to Quit Smoking and Ratings of Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65+

Patients whose doctors provide advice on quitting smoking are more likely to be satisfied with the care they receive.

Apr 20, 2016
Journal Article

Developing a Nicotine Patch Adherence Intervention for HIV-positive Latino Smokers

Helpful strategies for establishing consistent nicotine patch use include staying motivated to use a nicotine patch, linking patch use to daily routines, and managing expectations of what a patch can do.

Apr 20, 2016
Journal Article

Additional Validity Evidence for the PROMIS Smoking Assessment Toolkit

Using data from a follow-up sample (N = 491) and a community sample (N = 369) of adult daily and nondaily smokers, we replicated the findings from Edelen et al. (2014a) and examined the correlations of legacy smoking measures with the new item bank scores.

Feb 29, 2016
Journal Article

Calibration of the Spanish PROMIS Smoking Item Banks

The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Spanish version of the PROMIS smoking item banks as compared to the original banks developed in English.

Feb 12, 2016
Journal Article

The Experience of Peer Mentors in an Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in Persons with Psychiatric Illness

Peer support is an important component of services for persons with psychiatric illness but the experience of peer mentors is not well understood.

Dec 2, 2015
Commentary

Sniping: Homeless Youths' High-Risk Smoking Practice

Any intervention to help homeless youth quit smoking must also address “sniping.” This high-risk activity involves scavenging cigarette butts and filters to make a “new” cigarette.

Oct 29, 2015
Journal Article

Helping Homeless Youth Quit Smoking

Up to 70% of homeless youth are smokers, smoking more than a half pack of cigarettes a day. Though there is strong demand for smoking-cessation services among this population and a willingness to help among providers, delivering these services remains a challenge.

Oct 19, 2015
Journal Article

Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Smoking for Girls

The purpose of this review is to study the effect of school-based interventions on smoking prevention for girls.

Sep 25, 2015
Research Brief

Reducing Cigarette Smoking Among Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Heavy smoking and high-risk smoking practices are common among homeless youth. Most of those who smoke are interested in quitting, but they need assistance.

Aug 27, 2015
Journal Article

Motivation to Quit and Interest in Cessation Treatment Among Homeless Youth Smokers

Approximately 70% of unaccompanied homeless youth are current smokers.

Jul 24, 2015
Commentary

Last Week Tonight's Jeff the Diseased Lung Is No Joke

John Oliver's “Jeff the Diseased Lung,” a cross between a warning label on cigarette packs in Australia and the Marlboro Man, has gone viral while research shows cigarettes are responsible for even more premature deaths than previously thought.

Feb 20, 2015
Journal Article

How Group Factors Affect Adolescent Change Talk and Substance Use Outcomes: Implications for Motivational Interviewing Training

Clients who verbalize statements arguing for change (change talk [CT]) in psychotherapy are more likely to decrease alcohol and other drug use (AOD) compared with clients who voice statements in opposition of change (sustain talk [ST]).

Jan 28, 2015
Journal Article

The Impact of Tobacco Taxes on Mortality in the USA, 1970–2005

This paper aimed to estimate the effect of tobacco taxes on total mortality and cause-specific mortality in the 50 States plus the District of Columbia, USA, over the period 1970–2005 as well as the net effect on deaths averted in 2010.

Jan 28, 2015
Journal Article

Clinician Advice to Quit Smoking Among Seniors

Little smoking research in the past 20 years includes persons 50 and older; herein we describe patterns of clinician cessation advice to US seniors, including variation by Medicare beneficiary characteristics.

Dec 15, 2014
Journal Article

Providing Smoking Cessation Programs to Homeless Youth: The Perspective of Service Providers

This paper presents data from interviews with service providers from 23 shelters and drop-in centers serving homeless youth in Los Angeles County about their current smoking cessation programming.

Oct 1, 2014
Commentary

Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes Are Scary, but Do They Work?

“Graphic warning labels” pair gruesome images with warnings about the dangers of smoking, covering anywhere from 30 to 80 percent of cigarette pack “faces” (the front and back). Do they prevent people from starting to smoke or cause current smokers to quit?

Sep 30, 2014
Commentary

CVS Health: Breathing a Little Easier and Holding Our Breath

CVS has officially stopped selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, a move that will cost the pharmacy chain about $2 billion in annual profits. It's difficult to say if this will affect smoking. For now, the ban is most significant for what it represents symbolically.

Sep 12, 2014
Commentary

Where There's Vapor, Is There Fire? We Need Evidence on E-Cigarettes

Currently, evidence for the safety, harmfulness, utility, and addictiveness of e-cigarettes is lacking. The questions that research needs to answer, however, are clear as day—particularly since business is booming.

Mar 4, 2014
Journal Article

Focusing on the Five A's: A Comparison of Homeless and Housed Patients' Access to and Use of Pharmacist-Provided Smoking Cessation Treatment

Providers may reduce homeless-housed disparities in smoking by offering special Assist(ance) to homeless smokers that reduces barriers to initially accessing treatment services.

Mar 1, 2014

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RAND Topic:
Smoking Cessation

Topic Synonyms:
Quitting Smoking