Assessment of Trends in Cigarette Smoking Cessation After Cancer Diagnosis Among US Adults, 2000 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Continued cigarette smoking after cancer diagnosis has been shown to adversely alter the cancer survivor's health outcomes and quality of life. Although considerable progress has been made in reducing cigarette smoking in the United States over the last decades, trends in cigarette smoking cessation among cancer survivors have not yet been fully investigated.

Objective

To evaluate temporal trends in cigarette smoking cessation and their sociodemographic and behavioral correlates in the US population of adult cancer survivors.

Design, setting, and participants

This investigation was a serial cross-sectional study of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 2006 to 2018, a household survey of civilian US residents who were 18 years or older. Data anal

SUBMITTER: Talluri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7399749 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature