Expanding population-level interventions to help more low-income smokers quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low-income Americans have higher rates of smoking and a greater burden of smoking-related disease. In the United States, smokers in every state can access evidence-based telephone counseling through free tobacco quitlines. However, quitlines target smokers who are ready to quit in the next 30 days, which can exclude many low-income smokers. A smoke-free homes intervention may help engage smokers in tobacco control services who are not yet ready to quit. Previous research in low-income populations suggests that receiving a smoke-free homes intervention is associated with higher quit rates. This study tests whether, at a population level, expanding on quitlines to include a smoke-free homes intervention for smokers not ready to quit could engage more low-income smokers and

SUBMITTER: Wolff JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440634 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature