ArticleJournal of community genetics2011
Young smokers' views of genetic susceptibility testing for lung cancer risk: minding unintended consequences.
Article in Journal of community genetics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Concerns about unintended negative consequences of informing the public about multifactorial risks may be premature for young adult smokers.British journal of health psychology · 2014Trial
- Receptivity and Preferences for Lifestyle Programs to Reduce Cancer Risk among Lung Cancer Family Members.Advances in cancer prevention · 2016Article
- A Genetic Lung Cancer Susceptibility Test may have a Positive Effect on Smoking Cessation.Journal of genetic counseling · 2015Article
- Smokers' beliefs about the tobacco control potential of "a gene for smoking": a focus group study.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Motivations for genetic testing for lung cancer risk among young smokers.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- Ethical issues of genetic susceptibility testing for occupational diseases: opinions of trainees in a high-risk job.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2013Article
- Predictors of patient uptake of colorectal cancer gene environment risk assessment.Genome medicine · 2012Article
- Interpretation of melanoma risk feedback in first-degree relatives of melanoma patients.Journal of cancer epidemiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
Assessment of smokers' responses to individualized feedback of genetic susceptibility has shown little or no influence on smoking cessation outcomes. One explanation is that smokers may be having unintended responses that undermine the feedback's motivational impact (e.g., fatalism or downplaying risk). In preparation for a large randomized trial with college smokers, we conducted a qualitative pilot study to explore smokers' motives for genetic testing and how these motives might influence interpretation of genetic risk feedback.Prior to reviewing informational materials describing a test for the glutathione S-transferase M1 gene, 33 college smokers (18 to 21 years) participated in a 30 minute, semi-structured, open-ended interview regarding their attitudes on health risks, genetic testing in general, genetic testing for lung cancer risk, and informational needs regarding genetics and genetic testing for lung cancer risk.Two central themes emerged from analysis of the interviews: general impressions of genetic testing and perceived value of genetic testing. Prominent in the second theme was the finding that genetic risk feedback may be unsuccessful in motivating quitting a) due to skepticism about genetic tests, b) participants dismissing genetic feedback as personally irrelevant, and c) participants receiving low risk results justifying continued smoking in light of public health messages that "it's never too late to quit". These findings require careful consideration among health professionals looking to genetic risk feedback as a vehicle to motivate disease prevention or behavior change.
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