ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2018
How can we better help cancer patients quit smoking? The London Regional Cancer Program experience with smoking cessation.
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- Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Smokers Diagnosed with Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A qualitative study of attitudes and perceptions of smoking cessation medication among patients with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Brief intervention to enhance cessation of smokeless tobacco use in newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial in patient-relative dyads.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Developing a Collaborative, Team-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment Program in an Outpatient Oncology Setting.JCO oncology practice · 2023Article
- Implementation and evaluation of a smoking cessation checklist implemented within Australian cancer services.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2022Article
- Evolution of a Systematic Approach to Smoking Cessation in Ontario's Regional Cancer Centres.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Laryngeal Cancer Care.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Review
- Rates of Smoking Cessation at 6 and 12 Months after a Clinical Tobacco Smoking Cessation Intervention in Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Northern Ontario, Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Tobacco Use and Tobacco Treatment Referral Response of Patients With Cancer: Implementation Outcomes at a National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center.JCO oncology practice · 2022Article
- Lifestyle and Pain following Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Pivoting the Provision of Smoking Cessation Education in a Virtual Clinical World: The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Experience.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
- Implementing a 3As and 'Opt-Out' Tobacco Cessation Framework in an Outpatient Oncology Setting.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
- Cigarette-smoking characteristics and interest in cessation in patients with head-and-neck cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2020Article
- Does free nicotine replacement improve smoking cessation rates in cancer patients?Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2020Article
- Brief Intervention for Tobacco when Diagnosed with Oral Cancer (BITDOC): Study protocol of a randomized clinical trial studying efficacy of brief tobacco cessation intervention, Chhattisgarh, India.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2020Article
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Abstract
Background: Because continued cigarette smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with detrimental outcomes, supporting cancer patients with smoking cessation is imperative. We evaluated the effect of the Smoking Cessation Program at the London Regional Cancer Program (lrcp) over a 2-year period. Methods: The Smoking Cessation Program at the lrcp began in March 2014. New patients are screened for tobacco use. Tobacco users are counselled about the benefits of cessation and are offered referral to the program. If a patient accepts, a smoking cessation champion offers additional counselling. Follow-up is provided by interactive voice response (ivr) telephone system. Accrual data were collected monthly from January 2015 to December 2016 and were evaluated. Results: During 2015-2016, 10,341 patients were screened for tobacco use, and 18% identified themselves as current or recent tobacco users. In 2015, 84% of tobacco users were offered referral, but only 13% accepted, and 3% enrolled in ivr follow-up. At the lrcp in 2016, 77% of tobacco users were offered referral to the program, but only 9% of smokers accepted, and only 2% enrolled in ivr follow-up. Conclusions: The Smoking Cessation Program at the lrcp has had modest success, because multiple factors influence a patient's success with cessation. Limitations of the program include challenges in referral and counselling, limited access to nicotine replacement therapy (nrt), and minimal follow-up. To mitigate some of those challenges, a pilot project was launched in January 2017 in which patients receive free nrt and referral to the local health unit.
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