Motivational Benefits of Social Support and Behavioural Interventions for Smoking Cessation

Soulakova, Julia N.; Tang, Chiung-Ya; Leonardo, Selena A.; Taliaferro, Lindsay A.

doi:10.1017/jsc.2017.26

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“…We used Rao-Scott chi-squared tests to assess significance of associations between each primary and each explanatory measure (Soulakova et al, 2018b). Balanced Repeated Replications with survey weights were used to estimate the standard errors ( SAS/STAT® 14.2 User's Guide , 2016).…”

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Widespread use of flavored e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco in the United States

Owens

Soulakova

2019

Preventive Medicine Reports

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In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavored cigarettes (excluding menthol) in the U.S. However, the sale of flavored e-cigarettes (FE) and flavored hookah tobacco (FHT) is still legal. In this study (conducted in the US in the period from October 2018 to February 2019), we estimated the prevalence of use of FE and FHT across users' sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., age, sex, race/ethnicity) and identified the key characteristics of tobacco users associated with use of FE and FHT. We analyzed the 2014–2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey data for current e-cigarette (n = 3691) and hookah tobacco (n = 658) users. Among e-cigarette users, 65.5% used FE; and among hookah tobacco users, 87.3% used FHT. Among e-cigarette users, the prevalence of use of FE was significantly higher for 18–24 year-old than 45+ year-old adults; women than men; Southern than Northeastern residents; and never smokers of regular cigarettes than current smokers of regular cigarettes (all adjusted p's < 0.05). Among hookah tobacco users, the rates of FHT use were significantly higher for women than men, and never smokers of regular cigarettes than current smokers (all adjusted p's < 0.05). Because availability and accessibility of flavored tobacco products may promote tobacco use, revising regulatory guidelines concerning manufacturing and distribution of FE and FHT may help reduce the popularity of emerging tobacco products. Implications Among users of emerging tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco, use of flavored products is very common. Among e-cigarette users, 66% consumed flavored e-cigarettes; and among users of hookah tobacco, 87% consumed flavored hookah tobacco. Use of flavored products was especially common among users who were young adults, women, or never and former smokers of regular cigarettes. Availability of emerging tobacco products in many different flavors could be a reason for tobacco use initiation and continued use of tobacco after cessation of regular-cigarette smoking.

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Widespread use of flavored e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco in the United States

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Soulakova

2019

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“…It is significant to provide appropriate and sufficient social support to smokers to help them quit smoking and lots of concerns have been raised among public health researchers. [9][10][11][12] The social support theory originated from psychology. 13 The definition of it is widely accepted that social support is accessible to an individual through social ties to other individuals, groups, and larger communities.…”

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Exploring features of social support in a Chinese online smoking cessation community: A multidimensional content analysis of user interaction data

Qian¹,

Gui²,

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Health Informatics J

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Due to the rapid development of information technology, an increasing number of smokers choose online smoking cessation communities to interact with other individuals to help themselves quit smoking. Though it is well known that social support plays a key role in the process of smoking cessation, the features of social support that one can get from online smoking cessation communities remain unclear. We collected user interaction data from the largest Chinese online smoking cessation community, the quit smoking forum of Baidu Tieba. We selected 2758 replies from 29 active repliers and 408 correlated posts as our data set. Multidimensional content analysis is carried out from three aspects: posting scenarios, user quitting behavior stages, and types of social support. This article also explores the co-occurrence relationships of different types of social support by social network analysis. Results showed that users receive different compositions of social support in various posting scenarios and behavior stages. In most cases, emotional support is the most typical support the community provides. The community will provide more informational support when needed. Besides, informational support, especially personal experience and perceptual knowledge, has more diverse combination patterns with other types of social support. “Gratitude-Mutual assistance” and “Encouragement-Mutual assistance” are the most frequent co-occurrence relationships. The online smoking cessation community brings people who quit smoking together, and users provide rich types of social support for each other. Users can effectively obtain expected social support in different posting scenarios and smoking cessation stages. Smoking cessation projects should be designed to promote user communication and interaction, which positively affects achieving users’ smoking cessation goals.

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“…Generally, social support has been shown to be beneficial for a host of variables related to well-being, including post-traumatic growth (Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009) as well as smoking cessation (Soulakova, Tang, Leonardo, & Taliaferro, 2018). Social support and peers can have both a positive influence or a negative influence on the continuation of offending; association with pro-criminal associates and isolation from pro-social individuals are thought to be causal variables in criminal behaviour (Andrews & Bonta, 2010).…”

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Validating a Measure of Client Change

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While risk assessment has been most used as an evaluation of which offenders are most likely to re-offend, there are also various models explaining the process of client change which is thought to further describe who is at risk. While elements of change have been validated, there is no one assessment which assesses a client's position in the process of changing from an antisocial offender into a prosocial individual. The current research therefore attempted to validate the Client Change Scale (CCS), which is a theoretically and empirically supported measure for quantifying client change. Parole decision with offenders in the California parole system was used as a proxy measure of recidivism. Results indicated that while the CCS was reliable and correlated with risk, it didn't provide a good model and didn't predict decision independently. Further research is needed to assess the CCS' ability to predict recidivism directly for differing populations. List of Appendices Client Change Scale……………………………………………………………………………112 Historical Risk Management.

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Motivational Benefits of Social Support and Behavioural Interventions for Smoking Cessation

Cited by 39 publications

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Widespread use of flavored e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco in the United States

Widespread use of flavored e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco in the United States

Exploring features of social support in a Chinese online smoking cessation community: A multidimensional content analysis of user interaction data

Validating a Measure of Client Change

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