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Do patients attempt and succeed in quitting smoking during tuberculosis treatment? A prospective cohort study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a well-known relation between smoking tobacco and the tuberculosis epidemic, the factors associated with smoking cessation in tuberculosis patients are unclear. This study aims to examine the cascade of smoking cessation and the factors associated with persistent smoking among tuberculosis patients.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study enrolling adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis between 2016 and 2019 in the Republic of Korea. We examined the smoking status at baseline, followed the current smokers, re-examined their smoking status after 6 months of anti-tuberculosis treatment, and identified the factors associated with persistent smoking.

Results

Of the 419 enrolled patients, 109 (26.0%) were current smokers at baseline. Of the 79 current smokers who completed the 6-month survey, 24 (30.4%) succeeded in quitting smoking after 6 months of treatment. The adjusted odds ratio for persistent smoking was 6.57 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.76-27.83) for drinking and 0.15 (95% CI, 0.03-0.68) for diabetes comorbidity.

Conclusion

Drinking alcohol and diabetes comorbidity were important factors in smoking cessation. Only one third of the tuberculosis patients in our study cohort succeeded in quitting smoking during the 6-month treatment period. More aggressive interventions for smoking cessation should be adopted within the national anti-tuberculosis program.

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10664422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Do patients attempt and succeed in quitting smoking during tuberculosis treatment? A prospective cohort study.

Lee Jiwon J   Chung Chaeuk C   Jung Sung Soo SS   Park Hye Kyeong HK   Lee Sung-Soon SS   Lee Ki Man KM   Min Jinsoo J  

BMC pulmonary medicine 20231121 1


<h4>Background</h4>Despite a well-known relation between smoking tobacco and the tuberculosis epidemic, the factors associated with smoking cessation in tuberculosis patients are unclear. This study aims to examine the cascade of smoking cessation and the factors associated with persistent smoking among tuberculosis patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a prospective cohort study enrolling adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis between 2016 and 2019 in the Republic of Korea. We examined the  ...[more]

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