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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2013 Jul;37(4):517-24.
doi: 10.5993/AJHB.37.4.9.

Knowing quitters predicts smoking cessation in a homeless population

Kathryn Goldade  1 , Don Des Jarlais, Susan A Everson-Rose, Hongfei Guo, Janet Thomas, Lillian Gelberg, Anne M Joseph, Kolawole S Okuyemi
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Knowing quitters predicts smoking cessation in a homeless population

Kathryn Goldade et al. Am J Health Behav. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the impact of knowing quitters on cessation among homeless smokers.

Methods: Secondary analysis of data derived from a community-based randomized controlled trial of 430 homeless smokers. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analysis to determine whether knowing quitters impacted the likelihood of cessation (salivary cotinine ≤ 20 ng/ml) at 26-week follow-up.

Results: Multivariable logistic regression showed cessation was more likely for smokers who knew ≥ 5 quitters compared with those who knew no quitters (Odds Ratio = 3.79, CI = 1.17, 12.27, p = .008), adjusting for age, education, income, and time to first cigarette in morning.

Conclusions: Knowing former smokers was associated with increased likelihood of achieving smoking abstinence among homeless smokers.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors had a conflict of interest associated with this study.

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Figure 1. CONSORT Flow Diagram for the Study
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