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The Relationship Between Secondhand Tobacco Smoke (Shs) Exposure And Smoking Behaviours: Designing A Program Of Research, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
The Relationship Between Secondhand Tobacco Smoke (Shs) Exposure And Smoking Behaviours: Designing A Program Of Research, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Overview
- Background and Significance
- Study 1: Literature Review Study
- Study 2: SHS Exposure, Nicotine Dependence, and Smoking Cessation
- Study 3: Hair Nicotine as a Measure of SHS Exposure
- Study 4: Effects of Nicotine Exposure from SHS Among Bar and Restaurant Workers
- Study 5: Nicotine Dependence Symptoms among Young Never-Smokers Exposed to SHS
- Study 6: An Examination of the Relationship between Adolescents’ Initial Smoking Experience and their Exposure to Peer and Family Member Smoking
Conclusions and Future Directions
Expecting To Quit: A Best-Practices Review Of Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant And Postpartum Girls And Women, Lorraine Greaves, Nancy Poole, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Natalie Hemsing, Annie Qu, Lauren Bialystok, Renée O’Leary
Expecting To Quit: A Best-Practices Review Of Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant And Postpartum Girls And Women, Lorraine Greaves, Nancy Poole, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Natalie Hemsing, Annie Qu, Lauren Bialystok, Renée O’Leary
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
This report examines interventions designed to reduce or eliminate smoking during pregnancy. It considers these interventions using a “better practices” methodology designed by Moyer, Cameron, Garcia, and Maule (2002, p. 124) for intervention studies published prior to 2003, and a systematic review methodology from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (2006) in the UK for those studies published after 2003. We contextualize the results of these analyses in the wider literature on women’s health, women-centred care, and women’s tobacco use to better interpret them. These results build on those in the first edition of Expecting to Quit …
Smoking Cessation Outcomes Among Individuals With Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder History And Mental Illness, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Smoking Cessation Outcomes Among Individuals With Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder History And Mental Illness, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
BACKGROUND: A history of substance use disorder and/or mental illness is associated with tobacco use. However, there is limited information available on tobacco dependence treatment outcomes in such populations. OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of a history of substance use disorder and/or mental illness on smoking cessation outcomes. METHODS: Data from 202 participants enrolled in a tobacco treatment program were analyzed. Information on sociodemographics, tobacco use and quit attempt history, social supports for quitting, Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence scores, importance and confidence in quitting smoking, expired carbon monoxide level, substance use history, mental health history, and previous pharmacotherapy use …
Intensive Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence In An Out - Patient Addictions Services Setting, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Intensive Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence In An Out - Patient Addictions Services Setting, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
BACKGROUND
• Drug treatment populations are disproportionately affected by morbidity and mortality attributable to tobacco use. However, with appropriately intensive intervention, individuals in drug treatment settings can succeed in their efforts towards smoking cessation.
• The Tobacco Dependence Clinic (TDC) is a program that provides smoking cessation counseling and up to 26 weeks of free pharmacotherapy for clients through Vancouver Coastal Health Addiction Services, British Columbia, Canada.
• The purpose of this study is to provide evaluation data (in terms of program completion and smoking cessation outcomes) from the TDC.
Smoking Cessation In Patients With Substance Use Disorders: The Vancouver Coastal Health Tobacco Dependence Clinic, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Smoking Cessation In Patients With Substance Use Disorders: The Vancouver Coastal Health Tobacco Dependence Clinic, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Summary of Key Findings •Smoking abstinence at end of program:
–Intent to treat analysis: 32.2%(83/258) –Among program completers: 41.3%(83/201)
•Significant predictors of abstinence : –Having an alcohol, heroin (or other opioid) or marijuana use history was a significant predictor of being less likely to quit smoking when compared to having no history of substance use disorder. –Having a lower CO level at program enrolment was a significant predictor of being more likely to quit –Attending the TDC program for a longer duration was a significant predictor of being more likely to quit.
Smoking Cessation And Drug Treatment: Identifying Gaps, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ric M. Procyshyn, Joy Johnson, Alasdair Barr, Lorraine Greaves
Smoking Cessation And Drug Treatment: Identifying Gaps, Milan Khara, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ric M. Procyshyn, Joy Johnson, Alasdair Barr, Lorraine Greaves
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
BACKGROUND: An estimated 70% - 90% of individuals in drug treatment con-currently smoke cigarettes. Although individuals in drug treatment settings are motivated and can succeed in smoking cessation, there is still a lack of systematic knowledge regarding the long-term abstinence, methods employed for successful cessation, and the barriers to smoking cessation in this population.
OBJECTIVES: To: a) describe types of smoking cessation interventions (i.e., cognitive-behavioral and/or pharmacotherapy) employed in drug treatment settings, b) determine the effectiveness of such interventions, and c) identify gaps in knowledge regarding smoking cessation interventions among the drug treatment populations
METHODS: A comprehensive review of the …
Action Required: Revisiting Better Practices In Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant Girls And Women, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Lorraine Greaves, Joan Bottorff, Lenora Marcellus, Charmaine Enns, Richard Stanwick
Action Required: Revisiting Better Practices In Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant Girls And Women, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Lorraine Greaves, Joan Bottorff, Lenora Marcellus, Charmaine Enns, Richard Stanwick
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Background
Despite considerable medical and research attention, smoking in pregnancy remains a serious public health problem, especially among young and disadvantaged women in high income countries and general populations of women in low and middle income countries. Facilitating successful and enduring smoking cessation during pregnancy and preventing relapse is therefore an ongoing public health challenge globally
Objectives
This Canadian project is aimed at better breaking the cycle of smoking during pregnancy, or quitting and relapsing during postpartum; especially for young, disadvantaged women. Equally, it will address the apparent blockages to effective uptake by health professionals, of research evidence and better …
Differences Between Intermittent And Light Daily Smokers In A Population Of U.S Military Recruits, Theodore Cooper, Thom Taylor, Ashley Murray, Margaret Debon, Mark Vander Weg, Robert Klesges, G. Wayne Talcott
Differences Between Intermittent And Light Daily Smokers In A Population Of U.S Military Recruits, Theodore Cooper, Thom Taylor, Ashley Murray, Margaret Debon, Mark Vander Weg, Robert Klesges, G. Wayne Talcott
Theodore V. Cooper
No abstract provided.
A Pilot Study Of A Brief Smoking Cessation Intervention At The Student Health Center., Theodore V. Cooper, Jennifer Venegas, Denise Rodriguez De Ybarra, Thom Taylor, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia
A Pilot Study Of A Brief Smoking Cessation Intervention At The Student Health Center., Theodore V. Cooper, Jennifer Venegas, Denise Rodriguez De Ybarra, Thom Taylor, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia
Theodore V. Cooper
No abstract provided.
Characteristics Associated With Smoking In A Hispanic Sample., D. Rodriguez Esquivel, Theodore V. Cooper, J. A. Blow, M. R. Resor
Characteristics Associated With Smoking In A Hispanic Sample., D. Rodriguez Esquivel, Theodore V. Cooper, J. A. Blow, M. R. Resor
Theodore V. Cooper
No abstract provided.
Action Required: Revisiting Better Practices In Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant Girls And Women (2008), Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Lorraine Greaves, Joan Bottorff, Lenora Marcellus, Charmaine Enns, Richard Stanwick
Action Required: Revisiting Better Practices In Smoking Cessation Interventions For Pregnant Girls And Women (2008), Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Lorraine Greaves, Joan Bottorff, Lenora Marcellus, Charmaine Enns, Richard Stanwick
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Background
•Despite considerable efforts by health care professionals, and an overall reduction in smoking prevalence, it is estimated that approximately 20% to 30% of pregnant women still smoke during pregnancy
•To date, smoking cessation interventions to reduce smoking during pregnancy and postpartum have been relatively unsuccessful. Despite the influx of research examining smoking and pregnancy over the last five years, the prevalence of smoking among pregnant and postpartum women has only slightly decreased
•Advice to quit smoking by health care providers, is associated with increased smoking cessation attempts in the general population. Also, studies have shown that smoking cessation interventions …
General And Smoking Cessation Related Weight Concerns In Veterans., Theodore V. Cooper, M. Dundon, B. M. Hoffman, C. J. Stoever
General And Smoking Cessation Related Weight Concerns In Veterans., Theodore V. Cooper, M. Dundon, B. M. Hoffman, C. J. Stoever
Theodore V. Cooper
No abstract provided.