Have Socioeconomic Inequalities in Tobacco Use in India Increased Over Time? Trends From the National Sample Surveys (2000-2012)
Conclusion:
Marked SES patterning of tobacco use has persisted in India. Improving enforcement of tobacco control policies and monitoring comprehensive smoke-free legislations are needed to address this growing burden.
Implications:
We found "resilient" tobacco patterns in the last decade despite prevention interventions. SES continues to be inversely associated with tobacco products, with the exception of cigarettes. The declines in bidi use may be getting replaced by increase in cigarette use trends, especially among lower SES groups. The use of smokeless tobacco products has increased across all SES groups and the volu...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Bhan, N., Karan, A., Srivastava, S., Selvaraj, S., Subramanian, S. V., Millett, C. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Social Disparities in Unaided Quit Attempts Among Daily Current and Former Smokers: Results From the 2010-2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey
Conclusions:
Most quit attempts were unaided and there were significant sociodemographic disparities in unaided quit attempts. Considering that cessation aids enhance the likelihood of quitting, policies and programs should target populations which are more likely to attempt quitting without an aid and encourage them to use or provide subsidized cessation aids. Healthcare providers should advise their patients about approaches to quitting.
Implications:
This study used the most recent nationally representative data for the United States to examine sociodemographic disparities in unaided quitting among current and former d...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: McCarthy, M., Siahpush, M., Shaikh, R. A., Sikora Kessler, A., Tibbits, M. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Changes Over Time in Absolute and Relative Socioeconomic Differences in Smoking: A Comparison of Cohort Studies From Britain, Finland, and Japan
Conclusions:
Large social class differences in smoking persisted among British and Finnish men and women, with widening tendencies in relative differences over time. No differences could be confirmed among Japanese men or women.
Implications:
Changes over time in social class differences in smoking are poorly understood across countries. Our study focused on employees from Britain, Finland and Japan, and found relative and absolute and class differences among British and Finnish men and women. Key covariates had modest effects on the differences. Relative differences tended to widen over the 4- to 7-year follow-up, wherea...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Lahelma, E., Pietiläinen, O., Ferrie, J., Kivimäki, M., Lahti, J., Marmot, M., Rahkonen, O., Sekine, M., Shipley, M., Tatsuse, T., Lallukka, T. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
Exploring Issues of Comorbid Conditions in People Who Smoke
This article explores how physical and psychiatric conditions may interact in the treatment of tobacco dependence, and discusses the need for smoking cessation as a critical component of comorbid condition management. Five common comorbid domains—psychiatric, cancer, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—are highlighted to illustrate how these different conditions might interact with smoking with respect to prevalence and harm, motivation to quit, and cessation treatment utilization and success. (Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research)
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Rojewski, A. M., Baldassarri, S., Cooperman, N. A., Gritz, E. R., Leone, F. T., Piper, M. E., Toll, B. A., Warren, G. W., the Comorbidities Workgroup of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Treatment Network Tags: Review Source Type: research
Comorbidities and Tobacco Dependence Treatment Initiation
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Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Berlin, I. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
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Response to Tomoyuki Kawada, MD: Smoking, Systolic Blood Pressure, Fasting Plasma Glucose and Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis
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Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Zingg, S., Collet, T.-H., Rodondi, N. Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Smoking, Systolic Blood Pressure, Fasting Plasma Glucose and Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis
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Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Kawada, T. Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Predictors of Smoking Cessation in Old-Old Age
Conclusions:
Greater cognitive dysfunction and high medication use or the physical causes for high medication use may precipitate smoking cessation in persons aged 75–94, potentially through a greater influence of caregivers on one’s lifestyle.
Implications:
Cognitive dysfunction and high medication use predicted smoking cessation. Smoking cessation for long time smokers may be influenced by greater ill health. Influence of caregivers may augment smoking cessation. Given these findings, for persistent smokers into old age, smoking cessation may occur at the time of physical and functional decline during the en...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Cohen-Mansfield, J. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Has Childhood Smoking Reduced Following Smoke-Free Public Places Legislation? A Segmented Regression Analysis of Cross-Sectional UK School-Based Surveys
Conclusions:
Smoke-free legislation may help reduce smoking uptake amongst teenagers, with stronger evidence for an association seen in females. Further research that analyses longitudinal data across more countries is required.
Implications:
Previous research has established that smoke-free legislation has led to many improvements in population health, including reductions in heart attack, stroke, and asthma. However, the impacts of smoke-free legislation on the rates of smoking amongst children have been less investigated. Analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys across the four countries of the United Kingdom shows...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Katikireddi, S. V., Der, G., Roberts, C., Haw, S. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Brief Tailored Smoking Cessation Counseling in a Lung Cancer Screening Population is Feasible: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusions:
Although feasible to deliver a single session of tailored counseling on the day of screening this intervention had no discernible impact on cessation over and above printed materials and Quitline access. As participants exhibited hardcore smoking characteristics, more intensive strategies, in larger cohorts, should be explored.
Implications:
The optimal smoking cessation strategy within a lung cancer screening program is not known. This study demonstrates that a single session of counseling can be feasibly delivered on the day of screening but may not have been intensive enough for long-term, hard-core smoker...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Marshall, H. M., Courtney, D. A., Passmore, L. H., McCaul, E. M., Yang, I. A., Bowman, R. V., Fong, K. M. Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Cost Analysis of Motivational Interviewing and Preschool Education for Secondhand Smoke Exposures
Conclusions:
This study is the first to examine the cost of either intervention on SHSe-attributed pediatric healthcare costs from a population level relevant for federal and community decision makers. Intervention costs could not be offset by short-term savings but a trend towards positive savings was appreciated 1 year after implementation.
Implications:
Behavioral interventions are effective in reducing SHSe in children. However, many of these interventions are not implemented in community settings due to lack of resources and money. Behavioral strategies may be a cost-saving addition to the national initiatives to cre...
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - June 10, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Jassal, M. S., Riekert, K. A., Borrelli, B., Rand, C. S., Eakin, M. N. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
