Predicting Non-Adherence With Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes is a promising policy intervention to decrease cigarette dependence among people who smoke. Randomized trials support the potential efficacy of a reduced nicotine product standard for cigarettes. However, interpretation of such trials is challenged by incomplete adherence to the randomized treatment assignment, as some participants may continue to use commercial cigarettes not provided by the trial. The current study examined prevalence and predictors of non-adherence among trial participants with serious mental illness (SMI).

Aims and methods

Adults with SMI who smoke daily and were not trying to quit (N = 58) were randomized to receive very low nicotine content (VLNC) or normal nicotine content cigarettes over 6 week

SUBMITTER: Reed GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048920 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature