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Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior
Background: The act of extinguishing, saving, and later relighting unfinished cigarettes is a common yet understudied behavior that may have implications for tobacco treatment and health. Methods: This paper presents four pilot studies investigating various aspects of this topic: (1) the prevalence...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34208528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126494 |
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author | Heckman, Carolyn J. Wackowski, Olivia A. Mukherjee, Rohit Hatsukami, Dorothy K. Stepanov, Irina Delnevo, Cristine D. Steinberg, Michael B. |
author_facet | Heckman, Carolyn J. Wackowski, Olivia A. Mukherjee, Rohit Hatsukami, Dorothy K. Stepanov, Irina Delnevo, Cristine D. Steinberg, Michael B. |
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description | Background: The act of extinguishing, saving, and later relighting unfinished cigarettes is a common yet understudied behavior that may have implications for tobacco treatment and health. Methods: This paper presents four pilot studies investigating various aspects of this topic: (1) the prevalence of relighting among NJ and NY Quitline callers (n = 20,984); (2) the prevalence and correlates of relighting in two national surveys (n = 1008, n = 1018); (3) a within-subject (n = 16) laboratory experiment comparing cigarettes smoked per day and exhaled carbon monoxide when relighting and not relighting cigarettes; and (4) a national survey of tobacco treatment providers’ (n = 150) perceptions of relighting. Results: Relighting was found to be common (approximately 45% of smokers), and associated with lower socioeconomic status, heavier smoking and nicotine dependence, greater smoking-related concerns, as well as high levels of exhaled carbon monoxide. Providers noted the potential importance of relighting but reported that they do not regularly incorporate it into their assessment or tobacco treatment planning. Conclusions: These findings address a major research gap in the emerging research on this common behavior. Future research is needed to better understand the potential implications of relighting for policies and clinical practices related to tobacco cessation and health. |
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spelling | pubmed-82965102021-07-23 Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior Heckman, Carolyn J. Wackowski, Olivia A. Mukherjee, Rohit Hatsukami, Dorothy K. Stepanov, Irina Delnevo, Cristine D. Steinberg, Michael B. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The act of extinguishing, saving, and later relighting unfinished cigarettes is a common yet understudied behavior that may have implications for tobacco treatment and health. Methods: This paper presents four pilot studies investigating various aspects of this topic: (1) the prevalence of relighting among NJ and NY Quitline callers (n = 20,984); (2) the prevalence and correlates of relighting in two national surveys (n = 1008, n = 1018); (3) a within-subject (n = 16) laboratory experiment comparing cigarettes smoked per day and exhaled carbon monoxide when relighting and not relighting cigarettes; and (4) a national survey of tobacco treatment providers’ (n = 150) perceptions of relighting. Results: Relighting was found to be common (approximately 45% of smokers), and associated with lower socioeconomic status, heavier smoking and nicotine dependence, greater smoking-related concerns, as well as high levels of exhaled carbon monoxide. Providers noted the potential importance of relighting but reported that they do not regularly incorporate it into their assessment or tobacco treatment planning. Conclusions: These findings address a major research gap in the emerging research on this common behavior. Future research is needed to better understand the potential implications of relighting for policies and clinical practices related to tobacco cessation and health. MDPI 2021-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8296510/ /pubmed/34208528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126494 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Heckman, Carolyn J. Wackowski, Olivia A. Mukherjee, Rohit Hatsukami, Dorothy K. Stepanov, Irina Delnevo, Cristine D. Steinberg, Michael B. Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title | Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title_full | Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title_fullStr | Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title_short | Cigarette Relighting: A Series of Pilot Studies Investigating a Common Yet Understudied Smoking Behavior |
title_sort | cigarette relighting: a series of pilot studies investigating a common yet understudied smoking behavior |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34208528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126494 |
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