Treatable moments for smoking cessation in asthma and COPD: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking cessation has proven to be the most effective non-pharmacological intervention to tackle poor outcomes in airway diseases. However, there is limited understanding of teachable/treatable moments (specific times when individuals may be particularly open to behavioural change) to support smoking cessation in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Therefore, we aimed to investigate which health events could create treatable moments for nicotine dependence in these patients.

Methods

Patients aged ≥18 years, chronically using medication for obstructive lung diseases between 2017 and 2022 and currently smoking tobacco were identified in Belgian nationwide administrative health data. The impact of potential triggering events on evide

SUBMITTER: Vauterin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684223 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature