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. 2012 Mar;36(3):373-84.
doi: 10.5993/AJHB.36.3.8.

Perceptions of smoking cessation programs in rural Appalachia

Tina M Kruger  1 , Britteny M Howell, Alicia Haney, Rian E Davis, Nell Fields, Nancy E Schoenberg
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Perceptions of smoking cessation programs in rural Appalachia

Tina M Kruger et al. Am J Health Behav. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: To identify perspectives on smoking cessation programs in Appalachian Kentucky, a region with particularly high smoking rates and poor health outcomes.

Methods: Insufficient existing research led us to conduct 12 focus groups (smokers and nonsmokers) and 23 key informant interviews.

Results: Several findings previously not described in this high-risk population include (1) transition from pro-tobacco culture toward advocacy for tobacco cessation approaches, (2) region-specific challenges to program access, and (3) strong and diverse social influences on cessation.

Conclusions: To capitalize on changes from resistance to support for smoking cessation, leaders should incorporate culturally appropriate programs and characteristics identified here.

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