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Identifying significant contributors for smoking cessation among male prisoners in Australia: results from a randomised clinical trial

INTRODUCTION: In Australia, an estimated 90% of those entering prison are current tobacco smokers and three-quarters of current prisoners are tobacco smokers. AIMS: To identify factors and their relative contributions to smoking cessation among male prisoners. METHODS: A total of 425 male tobacco sm...

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Autores principales: Wand, Handan, Richmond, Robyn, Adily, Armita, Le, Andrea, Wilhelm, Kay, Butler, Tony
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32690730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034046
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author Wand, Handan
Richmond, Robyn
Adily, Armita
Le, Andrea
Wilhelm, Kay
Butler, Tony
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Adily, Armita
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description INTRODUCTION: In Australia, an estimated 90% of those entering prison are current tobacco smokers and three-quarters of current prisoners are tobacco smokers. AIMS: To identify factors and their relative contributions to smoking cessation among male prisoners. METHODS: A total of 425 male tobacco smokers with a median age of 32 years in Australian prisons. The primary outcome was continuous abstinence at 3, 6 and 12 months. We measured various sociodemographic characteristics, drug use, psychological distress and the mental and physical health status of the participants. Multivariate logistic regression models and population attributable risks (PAR%) were used to identify the significant factors and their contributions to smoking cessation rates. RESULTS: The median age of participants was 32 years (IQR 25–41 years). High smoking cessation rates were collectively associated with not using drugs, lower psychological distress, good mental health scores and better physical health (PAR%: 93%, 98% and 88% at 3, 6 and 12 months). CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that not using drugs and being in good mental/physical health are the important contributors to continuous abstinence among prisoners. Thus, effective smoking cessation programmes require a multicomponent approach that includes addressing drug problems and mental health functioning. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 12606000229572.
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spelling pubmed-73755002020-07-27 Identifying significant contributors for smoking cessation among male prisoners in Australia: results from a randomised clinical trial Wand, Handan Richmond, Robyn Adily, Armita Le, Andrea Wilhelm, Kay Butler, Tony BMJ Open Smoking and Tobacco INTRODUCTION: In Australia, an estimated 90% of those entering prison are current tobacco smokers and three-quarters of current prisoners are tobacco smokers. AIMS: To identify factors and their relative contributions to smoking cessation among male prisoners. METHODS: A total of 425 male tobacco smokers with a median age of 32 years in Australian prisons. The primary outcome was continuous abstinence at 3, 6 and 12 months. We measured various sociodemographic characteristics, drug use, psychological distress and the mental and physical health status of the participants. Multivariate logistic regression models and population attributable risks (PAR%) were used to identify the significant factors and their contributions to smoking cessation rates. RESULTS: The median age of participants was 32 years (IQR 25–41 years). High smoking cessation rates were collectively associated with not using drugs, lower psychological distress, good mental health scores and better physical health (PAR%: 93%, 98% and 88% at 3, 6 and 12 months). CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that not using drugs and being in good mental/physical health are the important contributors to continuous abstinence among prisoners. Thus, effective smoking cessation programmes require a multicomponent approach that includes addressing drug problems and mental health functioning. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 12606000229572. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7375500/ /pubmed/32690730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034046 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Butler, Tony
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title_short Identifying significant contributors for smoking cessation among male prisoners in Australia: results from a randomised clinical trial
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topic Smoking and Tobacco
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32690730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034046
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