Peer-Facilitated Tobacco Cessation in a Prison Setting: A Proof of Concept Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the vast human and economic costs associated with tobacco use among U.S. inmates, smoking remains a largely ignored public health epidemic. Incarcerated individuals smoke at 3 to 4 times the rate of the general population and face tobacco-related health disparities.

Purpose

This paper reports results from a single arm, pre/post pilot study designed to test the feasibility and initial effectiveness of an inmate-administered group tobacco cessation intervention within a men's pre-release program run by the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Methods

Corrections staff and inmate peer mentors were trained in the DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free Program, a manualized 6-session tobacco cessation group curriculum. Group sessions used evidence-based interventions fo

SUBMITTER: Garver-Apgar CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084529 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature