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Correlates of smoking status in cancer survivors
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Correlates of smoking status in cancer survivors

Melissa A Little, Robert C Klesges, Zoran Bursac, Jennifer P Halbert, Jon Ebbert, Gerald W Talcott and Benny Weksler
Journal of cancer survivorship, v 12(6), pp 828-834
01 Dec 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-018-0720-x
PMID: 30343442
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6457260View
Accepted (AM)Open Access (License Unspecified),  Open

Abstract

Adult Aged Cancer Survivors - statistics & numerical data Cross-Sectional Studies Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Smoking - epidemiology Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology
To determine the characteristics associated with cancer survivors which indicate continued cigarette smoking at or around the time of cancer diagnosis. A total of 631 survivors were recruited in four cancer centers in Memphis, TN, between March 2015 and June 2016. To increase the probability of accurate reporting, surveys were conducted anonymously. A total of 112 respondents reported they were current smokers and 202 reported they were former smokers (n = 314), who comprised the sample. We found that the rate of daily e-cigarette use among cancer survivors who smoked was 15.2% versus 3.9% in cancer survivors who no longer smoked. The national rate of adult e-cigarette use is 3.5%. Multivariate models correlated the characteristics of current versus former smokers and revealed that increasing age (aOR = 0.97, p < .0001), decreasing education (aOR = 2.39, p < .02), and current use of e-cigarettes (aOR = 3.74, p < .00045) were frequently associated with current cigarette smoking. While age and gender were associated with continued smoking, current use of e-cigarettes was associated with almost four times higher odds of being a current smoker. Further research is needed to determine if use of e-cigarettes deters or promotes the smoking cessation process, at least in cancer survivors. Among cancer survivors who continue to smoke after a cancer diagnosis, use of e-cigarettes is highly prevalent; research is needed to determine whether use of e-cigarettes promotes, has no effect, or hinders smoking cessation efforts among this vulnerable population.

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Oncology
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