Exploring the Role of Traumatic Event Exposure in Tobacco Dependence Treatment Outcomes Among African Americans.

ABSTRACT: African Americans are more likely to die from tobacco-related diseases and less likely to quit smoking than their white counterparts. Evidence of greater prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among African Americans underscores the importance of studying the effects of traumatic event exposure on tobacco dependence treatment outcomes in this group. In this secondary analysis of data from a previously completed randomized control trial, we examined the effects of traumatic event exposure (e.g., serious accident) on tobacco dependence treatment outcomes, as well its moderating effects on the effectiveness of an adapted smoking cessation treatment, in a sample (n = 169) of African American smokers in New York City. Traumatic event exposure did not have a significant impact

SUBMITTER: Shevorykin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature