Social Support for Smoking Cessation and Abstinence – the Lung Health Study

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• Personal Author:
  Dolce JJ ; Johnston JJ ; Lee WW ; Murray RP ; Ohara P
• Description:
  This article evaluates the relationship of social support to smoking cessation and continued abstinence of 3923 men and women with mild to moderate airway obstruction in the Lung Health Study. At both the end of a 12-week group program and after 1 year, men but not women who were supported in quitting were more likely to be successful. Married status facilitated quitting but was less strongly related to long-term abstinence. Participants supported by an ex-smoker who had attended the group program with them were very likely not smoking after 1 year (men, 74.7%; women, 72.4%). Participants supported by a smoker were less than half as likely to have achieved abstinence after 1 year but still had cessation rates greater than 30%. The nature of these relationships has implications for the distinction between women and men in studies of social support and for intervention strategies. Support people should be included in cessation intervention programs. Spouse involvement, however, is more evidently useful for men than for women. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Irritants Lung Occupational Health Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Safety Smokers
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Biological-systems Lung-irritants Pulmonary-system Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-irritants Smoking Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  0306-4603
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  159-170
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035871
• Citation:
  Addict Behav 1995 Mar-Apr; 20(2):159-170
• Contact Point Address:
  Robert P. Murray, Department of Internal Medicine, MS-754, Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3A IR9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Addictive Behaviors
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:590f927d1cd65b3eae1d2c04c2034fce97f749e8eebaf77554df13a77fb0114cf987a360d54d7646865ad856563d4374cc774a806332862b7a4aaf8d05d43eba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187555/cdc_187555_DS1.pdf
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