A Daily Assessment Study of Smoking Cessation After a Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This intensive longitudinal study describes key events in the process of smoking cessation after a new head and neck cancer (HNC) diagnosis. Prior longitudinal studies show some cancer patients quit, while others continue to smoke, but details about the pattern in which these discrete outcomes arise are scarce. This study is meant to help rectify this gap in the literature.

Aims and methods

Participants were 42 HNC patients who reported current smoking at enrollment. Participants were recruited from an outpatient oncology clinic and completed a baseline questionnaire prior to begin a 30-day daily assessment.

Results

Few participants (9.52%) achieved 30-day continuous abstinence from smoking. On average, participants reported 9.64 ± 11.93 total days of abs

SUBMITTER: Borger T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature