Social support and smoking abstinence among incarcerated adults in the United States: a longitudinal study
| Autor: | Beth C. Bock, Jacob J. van den Berg, Stephen A. Martin, Rosemarie A. Martin, Mary B. Roberts, Jennifer G. Clarke, Lynda A. R. Stein, Cheryl E. Lopes |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Smoking abstinence medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Incarceration Population Smoking Prevention chemistry.chemical_compound Social support Tobacco medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry education Cotinine media_common education.field_of_study business.industry Prisoners Prison Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Abstinence medicine.disease United States Nicotine withdrawal chemistry Spouse Prisons Smoking cessation Female Smoking Cessation business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background In the United States, tobacco use among prisoners is nearly three times that of the general population. While many American prisons and jails are now tobacco-free, nearly all inmates return to smoking as soon as they are released back into the community. Methods To better understand the role that personal relationships may play in enabling return to smoking, we enrolled former-smokers who were inmates in a tobacco-free prison. Baseline assessments were conducted six weeks prior to inmates’ scheduled release and included measures of smoking prior to incarceration, motivation, confidence and plans for remaining quit after release. We also assessed global social support (ISEL) and a measure of social support specific to quitting smoking (SSQ). Smoking status was assessed three weeks after prison release and included 7-day point-prevalence abstinence validated by urine cotinine, days to first cigarette and smoking rate. Results A diverse sample comprised of 35% women, 20% Hispanic, and 29% racial minorities (average age 35.5 years) provided baseline data (n = 247). Over 90% of participants provided follow up data at 3-weeks post-release. Prior to incarceration participants had smoked an average of 21.5 (SD = 11.7) cigarettes per day. Only 29.2% had definite plans to remain smoking-abstinent after release. Approximately half of all participants reported that “most” or “all” of their family (42.2%) and friends (68%) smoked, and 58.8% reported their spouse or romantic partner smoked. SSQ scores were not significantly predictive of smoking outcomes at three weeks, however, social support from family and friends were each significantly and positively correlated with motivation, confidence, and plans for remaining abstinent (all p values |
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