Observational studyAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2018
Long-Term Outcomes From Repeated Smoking Cessation Assistance in Routine Primary Care.
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- Association of racial discrimination in health care settings and use of electronic cigarettes to quit smoking among Black adults.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
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- "It's a decision I have to make": Patient perspectives on smoking and cessation after lung cancer screening decisions.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and access to primary-care based smoking cessation assistance among cancer survivors: an observational cohort study.BMC health services research · 2022Observational
- Factors associated with smoking cessation attempts in a public, safety-net primary care system.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
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- Tobacco Cessation in Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion States Versus Non-expansion States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Observational
- Retrospective reports of former smokers: Receiving doctor's advice to quit smoking and using behavioral interventions for smoking cessation in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Smoking Cessation in Primary Care: A Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Treatment, Emerging Technology, and Harm Reduction Approaches.Journal of primary care & community healthReview
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Abstract
purposeTo test the association between repeated clinical smoking cessation support and long-term cessation.
designRetrospective, observational cohort study using structured and free-text data from electronic health records.
settingSix diverse health systems in the United States.
participantsPatients aged ≥18 years who were smokers in 2007 and had ≥1 primary care visit in each of the following 4 years (N = 33 691). MEASURES: Primary exposure was a composite categorical variable (comprised of documentation of smoking cessation medication, counseling, or referral) classifying the proportions of visits for which patients received any cessation assistance (<25% (reference), 25%-49%, 50%-74%, and ≥75% of visits). The dependent variable was long-term quit (LTQ; yes/no), defined as no indication of being a current smoker for ≥365 days following a visit where nonsmoker or former smoker was indicated. ANALYSIS: Mixed effects logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex, race, and comorbidities, with robust standard error estimation to account for within site correlation.
resultsOverall, 20% of the cohort achieved LTQ status. Patients with ≥75% of visits with any assistance had almost 3 times the odds of achieving LTQ status compared to those with <25% visits with assistance (odds ratio = 2.84; 95% confidence interval: 1.50-5.37). Results were similar for specific assistance types.
conclusionsThese findings provide support for the importance of repeated assistance at primary care visits to increase long-term smoking cessation.
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