1. Receiving support to quit smoking and quit attempts among smokers with and without smoking related diseases: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys
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Hedman, Linnea, Katsaounou, Paraskevi A., Filippidis, Filippos T., Ravara, Sofia B., Lindberg, Anne, Janson, Christer, Gratziou, Christina, Rohde, Gernot, Kyriakos, Christina N., Mons, Ute, Fernandez, Esteve, Trofor, Antigona C., Demjen, Tibor, Przewozniak, Krzysztof, Tountas, Yannis, Fong, Geoffrey T., Vardavas, Constantine I., Glahn, Andrea, Nguyen, Dominick, Nikitara, Katerina, Radu-Loghin, Cornel, Starchenko, Polina, Tsatsakis, Aristidis, Girvalaki, Charis, Igoumenaki, Chryssi, Papadakis, Sophia, Papathanasaki, Aikaterini, Tzatzarakis, Manolis, Vardavas, Alexander I., Becuwe, Nicolas, Deaconu, Lavinia, Goudet, Sophie, Hanley, Christopher, Riviere, Oscar, Kiss, Judit, Kovacs, Piroska A., Castellano, Yolanda, Fu, Marcela, Nogueira, Sarah O., Tigova, Olena, McNeill, Ann, East, Katherine, Hitchman, Sara C., Kahnert, Sarah, Behrakis, Panagiotis, Katsaounou, Paraskevi, Peleki, Theodosia, Petroulia, Ioanna, Tzavara, Chara, Eremia, Marius, Lotrean, Lucia, Mihaltan, Florin, Asano, Tamaki, Cichon, Claudia, Far, Amy, Genton, Celine, Jessner, Melanie, Lindberg, Ann, Maguire, Beth, Ravara, Sofia, Vaccaro, Valerie, Ward, Brian, Willemsen, Marc, de Vries, Hein, Hummel, Karin, Nagelhout, Gera E., Zatonski, Witold A., Herbec, Aleksandra, Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga, Zatonski, Mateusz, Agar, Thomas K., Driezen, Pete, Gravely, Shannon, Quah, Anne C. K., and Thompson, Mary E.
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Respiratory diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health (social science) ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,quitting smoking ,Smoking cessation ,Quit smoking ,Malalties de l'aparell respiratori ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,DEPENDENCE ,Tractament del tabaquisme ,COPD ,Malalties cròniques ,Medicine ,CESSATION ADVICE ,030212 general & internal medicine ,tobacco smoking ,Beroendelära ,Psychiatry ,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ,TOBACCO ,Science & Technology ,business.industry ,Substance Abuse ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,1103 Clinical Sciences ,Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology ,medicine.disease ,smoking cessation ,3. Good health ,Substance abuse ,Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi ,Chronic disease ,030228 respiratory system ,Chronic diseases ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,EUREST-PLUS consortium ,business ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,chronic disease ,Research Paper ,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Abstract
INTRODUCTION Having a chronic disease either caused or worsened by tobacco smoking does not always translate into quitting smoking. Although smoking cessation is one of the most cost-effective medical interventions, it remains poorly implemented in healthcare settings. The aim was to examine whether smokers with chronic and respiratory diseases were more likely to receive support to quit smoking by a healthcare provider or make a quit attempt than smokers without these diseases. METHODS This population-based study included a sample of 6011 adult smokers in six European countries. The participants were interviewed face-to-face and asked questions on sociodemographic characteristics, current diagnoses for chronic diseases, healthcare visits in the last 12 months and, if so, whether they had received any support to quit smoking. Questions on smoking behavior included nicotine dependence, motivation to quit smoking and quit attempts in the last 12 months. The results are presented as weighted percentages with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and as adjusted odds ratios with 95% CI based on logistic regression analyses. RESULTS Smokers with chronic respiratory disease, those aged 55 years and older, as well as those with one or more chronic diseases were more likely to receive smoking cessation advice from a healthcare professional. Making a quit attempt in the last year was related to younger age, high educational level, higher motivation to quit, lower nicotine dependence and having received advice to quit from a healthcare professional but not with having chronic diseases. There were significant differences between countries with smokers in Romania consistently reporting more support to quit as well as quit attempts. CONCLUSIONS Although smokers with respiratory disease did indeed receive smoking cessation support more often than smokers without disease, many smokers did not receive any advice or support to quit during a healthcare visit. Supplement 2.
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