What are older smokers' attitudes to quitting and how are they managed in primary care? An analysis of the cross-sectional English Smoking Toolkit Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether age is associated with access to smoking cessation services.

Design

Data from the Smoking Toolkit Study 2006-2015, a repeated multiwave cross-sectional household survey (n=181 157).

Setting

England.

Participants

Past-year smokers who participated in any of the 102 waves stratified into age groups.

Outcome measures

Amount smoked and nicotine dependency, self-reported quit attempts and use of smoking cessation interventions. Self-report of whether the general practitioner (GP) raised the topic of smoking and made referrals for pharmacological support (prescription of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)) or other support (counselling or support groups).

Results

Older smokers (75+ years) were less likely to report t

SUBMITTER: Jordan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695521 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature