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Association Between Utilization of Quitline Services and Probability of Tobacco Abstinence in Low-Income Smokers.


ABSTRACT: Quitlines (QL) are an effective means for smoking cessation, but a paucity of data exist examining the dose-response relationship between use of QL services and quit rates, especially among low-income smokers. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between tobacco abstinence and use of QL services among low-income smokers.Secondary analysis of a randomized trial of every- or some-day smokers aged 18 years or older visiting an urban emergency department. Inclusion criteria included self-pay or Medicaid insurance, as a proxy for low-income and low socioeconomic status. Intervention participants received a motivational interview, 6 weeks of nicotine patches and gum, a referral faxed to the state-sponsored QL, a booster call, and a quitline brochure. Control participants received the brochure. Smoking status was assessed by phone at 1 and 3 months, with confirmation via exhaled carbon monoxide testing at 3 months for those reporting abstinence. QL usage was obtained by utilization data from the QL database.Of 778 subjects, 197 (25.3%) reported any use of QL services at 3 months. Participants were trichotomized: no QL usage, 1 call only, and >1 call (583, 99, and 98 participants, respectively). Quit rates at 3 months in these no, low-, and high-use groups were, respectively, 7.2%, 9.1%, and 15.3% (P=0.03). Participants who used the QL had a median of 28 total minutes of telephone contact.Among low-income smokers, greater use of QL services is associated with higher abstinence. Whether this resulted from a direct effect of the QL, or greater motivation among smokers using QL services cannot be determined from these data.

SUBMITTER: Bernstein SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120741 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association Between Utilization of Quitline Services and Probability of Tobacco Abstinence in Low-Income Smokers.

Bernstein Steven L SL   Weiss June-Marie JM   Toll Benjamin B   Zbikowski Susan M SM  

Journal of substance abuse treatment 20160821


<h4>Introduction</h4>Quitlines (QL) are an effective means for smoking cessation, but a paucity of data exist examining the dose-response relationship between use of QL services and quit rates, especially among low-income smokers. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between tobacco abstinence and use of QL services among low-income smokers.<h4>Methods</h4>Secondary analysis of a randomized trial of every- or some-day smokers aged 18 years or older visiting an urban emergency  ...[more]

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