ArticlePreventive medicine reports2025
Beliefs regarding nicotine replacement therapy among rural residing people who smoke: a step towards promoting uptake.
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Objective: Rural areas in the United States (U.S.) have a higher smoking prevalence than urban areas. This disparity is influenced by lower odds of quitting smoking in rural versus urban areas, and lower use of evidence-based treatments, including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). To inform strategies for promoting NRT, this qualitative study elicited and ranked NRT beliefs among rural people who smoke cigarettes. Methods: In 2023, we conducted an online, semi-qualitative, elicitation survey with US rural residing adults (ages 21+) who smoke ( Results: Leading perceived advantages of NRT for a quit attempt included help with cravings (42 %), making quitting easier (23 %) and easing withdrawal (17 %), while perceived disadvantages were concerns about becoming addicted to another product (29 %), high cost (23 %), side effects (19 %), and being ineffective (13-17 %). Leading perceived barriers to NRT use referred to high cost (52 %), negative taste (19 %), not enough nicotine (13 %), and lack of access (11 %), while leading perceived facilitators to use were free or lower cost (54 %) and better access/availability (13 %) and flavors/taste (13 %). Conclusions: Boosting NRT use among rural communities could be achieved by (1) adopting approaches to enhance the affordability and accessibility of NRT, (2) rectifying NRT misperceptions, and (3) offering guidance on the proper use of NRT and managing side effects.
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