Race and Medication Adherence Moderate Cessation Outcomes in Criminal Justice Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smokers in the criminal justice system represent some of the most disadvantaged smokers in the U.S., as they have high rates of smoking (70%-80%) and are primarily uninsured, with low access to medical interventions. Few studies have examined smoking-cessation interventions in racially diverse smokers, and none have examined these characteristics among individuals supervised in the community. The purpose of this study is to determine if four sessions of standard behavioral counseling for smoking cessation would differentially aid smoking cessation for African American versus non-Hispanic white smokers under community corrections supervision.

Design

An RCT.

Setting/participants

Five hundred smokers under community corrections supervision were recruited bet

SUBMITTER: Cropsey KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4546875 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature