Smoking characteristics of community corrections clients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While smoking rates are 3-4 times higher among criminal justice populations than in the general population, no studies have previously examined smoking characteristics in a community corrections population.

Methods

The current study involved descriptive analyses of self-reported survey data from 217 criminal justice supervisees reporting for urine drug screens during a 5-day period at a community corrections facility in the southeastern United States.

Results

Most participants were current smokers (72.3%), males (65.9%), and Black (50.2%) who reported smoking three fourths of a pack of cigarettes per day and had been smoking for about 15 years. More than half of smokers reported that they would be interested in receiving cessation assistance if free help

SUBMITTER: Cropsey KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2902910 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature