The Time-Varying Relations Between Risk Factors and Smoking Before and After a Quit Attempt.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intensive longitudinal data (ILD) collected with ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) can provide a rich resource for understanding the relations between risk factors and smoking in the time surrounding a cessation attempt.

Methods

Participants (N = 142) were smokers seeking treatment at a safety-net hospital smoking cessation clinic who were randomly assigned to receive standard clinic care (ie, counseling and cessation medications) or standard care plus small financial incentives for biochemically confirmed smoking abstinence. Participants completed EMAs via study provided smartphones several times per day for 14 days (1 week prequit through 1 week postquit). EMAs assessed current contextual factors including environmental (eg, easy access to cigarettes, be

SUBMITTER: Koslovsky MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6121909 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature