ArticleJournal of community health2017
Characterizing Cardiovascular Health and Evaluating a Low-Intensity Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in a Food-Assistance Population.
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- A systematic review of food pantry-based interventions in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Food insecurity and elevated nicotine exposure among U.S. tobacco users: Evidence from NHANES.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Exploring the perspectives and experiences of food-insecure adults who are also tobacco dependent: a qualitative study in North East England.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the Feasibility of Conducting Smoking Cessation Outreach in Food Pantries: A Pilot Intervention Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Impact of smoking cessation on household food security.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Empowering Community Leadership: Perspectives of Peer Mentors Facilitating a Food Pantry-Based Nutrition Education Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of a smoking cessation program on smoking prevalence and food security among food pantry users - a study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Testing the feasibility of a system-based approach to deliver a smoking cessation and food nudging intervention at food pantry sites.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- The Intersection of Food Insecurity and Tobacco Use: A Scoping Review.Health promotion practice · 2020Article
- Prevalence of food insecurity among food bank users in Germany and its association with population characteristics.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Transitioning from adequate to inadequate sleep duration associated with higher smoking rate and greater nicotine dependence in a population sample.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
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Abstract
Food assistance recipients are at higher risk for poor cardiovascular health given their propensity to poor dietary intake and tobacco use. This study sought to evaluate the cardiovascular health status, and determine the impact of a low-intensity smoking cessation education intervention that connected mobile food pantry participants to state quit-smoking resources. A pre-post design with a 6-week follow-up was used to evaluate the impact of a 10-12 min smoking cessation education session implemented in five food pantries in Delaware. Baseline cardiovascular health, smoking behaviors and food security status were assessed. Smoking cessation knowledge, intention to quit and use of the state quit line were also assessed at follow-up. Of the 144 participants 72.3% reported having hypertension, 34.3% had diabetes, 13.9% had had a stroke. 50.0% were current smokers. The low-intensity intervention significantly increased smoking cessation knowledge but not intention to quit at follow-up. Seven percent of current smokers reported calling the quit line. Current tobacco use was five times more likely in food insecure versus food secure adults (OR 4.98; p = 0.006), even after adjustment for demographic factors. Systems based approaches to address tobacco use and cardiovascular health in low-income populations are needed. The extent to which smoking cessation could reduce food insecurity and risk for cardiovascular disease in this population warrants investigation.
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