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Alternative Title:
Cancer Causes Control
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-009-9324-0
Personal Author:
Okechukwu, Cassandra A. ; Krieger, Nancy ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Li, Yi ; Barbeau, Elizabeth M.
Okechukwu, Cassandra A. ; Krieger, Nancy ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Li, Yi ; Barbeau, Elizabeth M. Less -
Description:
Objective

Blue-collar workers are difficult to reach and less likely to successfully quit smoking. The objective of this study was to test a training site-based smoking cessation intervention.

Methods

This study is a randomized-controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention that integrated occupational health concerns and was delivered in collaboration with unions to apprentices at 10 sites (n = 1,213). We evaluated smoking cessation at 1 and 6 months post-intervention.

Results

The baseline prevalence of smoking was 41%. We observed significantly higher quit rates in the intervention versus control group (26% vs. 16.8%; p = 0.014) 1 month after the intervention. However, the effects diminished over time so that the difference in quit rate was not significant at 6 month post-intervention (9% vs. 7.2%; p = 0.48). Intervention group members nevertheless reported a significant decrease in smoking intensity (OR = 3.13; 95% CI: 1.55–6.31) at 6 months post-intervention, compared to controls.

Conclusion

The study demonstrates the feasibility of delivering an intervention through union apprentice programs. Furthermore, the notably better 1-month quit rate results among intervention members and the greater decrease in smoking intensity among intervention members who continued to smoke underscore the need to develop strategies to help reduce relapse among blue-collar workers who quit smoking.


Subject:
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Feasibility Studies
Follow-Up Studies
Health Promotion
Humans
Labor Unions
Occupational Health Services
Occupations
Original Paper
Secondary Prevention
Smoking Cessation
Treatment Outcome
Workplace

Source:
Cancer Causes Control. 20(6):887-894.
Pubmed ID:
19301135
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC2694320
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
1R01 DP000097-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; L60 MD003645/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
1R01 DP000097-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; L60 MD003645/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
California
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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