The differential impact of nicotine replacement therapy sampling on cessation outcomes across established tobacco disparities groups.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is increasingly concentrated among marginalized populations with limited access to evidence-based cessation treatment. This includes racial/ethnic minorities, lower income individuals, those with lower educational attainment, and residents of rural areas. To reach Healthy People 2020 objectives, successful cessation interventions must narrow these disparities. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) sampling is an easily translatable and scalable intervention that could enhance treatment access and thus narrow disparities. The present study examined individual-level demographic moderators of the impact of NRT sampling on cessation-related behaviors including: 1) use of a cessation medication, 2) making a 24-hour quit attempt, 3) floating abstinence, and 4) 7-day point prevalen

SUBMITTER: Dahne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7255419 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature