Impact of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling on Cessation-Related Processes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Smoking prevalence remains high among low-income smokers. Understanding processes (eg, withdrawal, craving, motivation) in early smoking cessation is crucially important for designing effective interventions for this population.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a novel, in-session sampling intervention (ie, In Vivo) as compared with standard care behavioral smoking cessation counseling (SC) among community-dwelling low-income smokers (n = 83). This analysis examined the effect of 5 in-session sampling interventions on cessation-related processes and perceived advantages or disadvantages of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products over time using daily diaries.

Results

The In Vivo treatment had an early positive impact in terms of decreasing withdr

SUBMITTER: Sisson ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290993 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature