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. 2010 Jan-Feb;34(1):110-8.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.34.1.13.

Predicting home smoking restrictions among African American light smokers

Jennifer R Warren  1 , Kolawole S Okuyemi, Hongfei Guo, Janet L Thomas, Jasjit S Ahluwalia
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Predicting home smoking restrictions among African American light smokers

Jennifer R Warren et al. Am J Health Behav. 2010 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To determine home smoking restrictions (HSR) predictors among African American light smokers (smoke <or= 10 cigarettes per day).

Methods: Data were obtained from a clinical trial testing the efficacy of nicotine gum and counseling among 755 African American light smokers.

Results: Forty percent reported adopting HSR at week 26. Implementing HSR increased with higher baseline confidence to quit (P <0.0001) and female gender (P = 0.019) and decreased with older age (P = 0.016) and reduced confidence to quit between baseline and week 26 (P <0.0001).

Conclusions: Confidence to quit, gender, and age are important factors to incorporate into interventions enhancing the adoption of HSR.

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