C A Patten

..Developing alternative strategies to reach pregnant women and to enhance the efficacy of interventions is a community priority, and future directions are offered...

..13. About half of parents in each group reported a quit attempt since study enrollment. Teens can be engaged to help parents stop smoking. Future research is warranted on determining effective intervention approaches...

..05). The results suggest that depressed smokers can be engaged in an exercise program. Further research is needed to determine if commencing exercise early during treatment, prior to the TQD, improves adherence...

..Evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a skills-training intervention for adults interested in helping someone to stop smoking (i.e., support persons)...

..This study of 1025 adolescent nonsmokers aged 11-19 years examined level of interest and factors associated with reported willingness to help someone stop smoking...

..The SAAST-R was found to have good sensitivity and specificity among both males and females...

..Nonsmokers have a potentially supportive role in tobacco cessation efforts. The present study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a telephone-based intervention for nonsmoking support persons...

..Evaluation of novel treatment delivery methods, such as the Internet are notably absent from the adolescent smoking treatment literature...

..Results indicate that the telephone-based intervention was feasible and acceptable to participants. The intervention was refined based on participant and counselor feedback and will be subsequently tested in a randomized pilot trial...

..We describe adolescent use of a home-based Internet intervention to stop smoking (Stomp Out Smokes [SOS]) and explore baseline characteristics associated with SOS use...

..Parents were perceived as potentially supportive to the adolescent in quitting tobacco. The findings will be used to develop tobacco cessation programs for Alaska Native youth...

..Tobacco control efforts could focus on optimizing these supportive behaviors as well as expressed motivation and interest in helping a smoker to quit among young adult nonsmokers...

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..To examine changes in readiness to quit and self-efficacy among adolescents who received a clinic-based, brief office intervention (BOI) for smoking cessation...

..In preparation for a large randomized trial, this study developed and piloted an intervention for an adult nonsmoking support person to motivate and encourage a smoker to call the QUITPLAN Helpline...

..This pilot study used a randomized two-group design to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a targeted cessation intervention for Alaska Native pregnant women...

..Social support is correlated with successful cessation. Thus, efforts targeting the social network of smokers could be a potential avenue to promote quitline utilization...

..Tobacco use status was unrelated to a DD diagnosis after discharge from the IAP and was not associated with SA...

..Many adolescents report continued depressive symptoms over a period spanning four years. Several predictors of persistent depression were identified that could be important components of interventions targeting depressed adolescents...

..The association between level of nicotine dependence and severity of mood disturbance was also evaluated among current smokers...

..Moreover, current tobacco use and history of an alcohol problem were each associated with increased psychological distress. Current tobacco use was predictive of a history of an alcohol problem and vice versa...

..Smokers with a history of alcohol dependence reporting high levels of depressive symptoms may benefit from a mood management intervention...

..To evaluate factors related to the development and persistence of adolescent sleep problems...

..Results are discussed in relation to implications for treatment and for future research...

..At 1-year follow-up, independent predictors of point-prevalence smoking abstinence were a lower Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire score (K. O. Fagerström, 1978) and fewer years of smoking...

..In conclusion, collateral reports have utility and are reasonably accurate for confirming self-reported smoking status in clinical trials of smoking cessation for abstinent alcoholic smokers...

..To evaluate the tobacco use outcomes and baseline characteristics of adolescents treated for nicotine dependence...

..1%; N = 142). Six months following implementation of the smoke-free policy, 84.6% of staff indicated that the NARC should remain smoke-free and 84.6% recommended that other alcohol and drug treatment facilities be smoke-free...

..The results have implications for the design of peer-based and other interventions for adolescent smokers...

..Recent attention has focused on the relationship between depression and smoking cessation. This article describes 5 cases of severe depression that occurred during 2 multicenter trials using bupropion for smoking cessation...

..To determine the efficacy of nicotine patch therapy in adolescents who want to stop smoking and to assess biochemical markers of smoking and nicotine intake...

..Further research is needed to continue to investigate how annual screening may enhance motivation for health behavior change...

..Quit and Win is a community-wide stop smoking contest to help cigarette smokers stop smoking and educate the general public concerning smoking hazards...

..Only 4% (7 of 188) relapsed to alcohol or drugs. Alcohol relapse did not differ by treatment group or smoking status. Length of alcohol abstinence was not associated with smoking cessation outcome...

..Among the placebo participants, the mean HRSD score decreased (p = 0.038) by Day 2. The study needs replication with a larger sample and utilizing novel recruitment strategies...

..Further research is needed to evaluate the potential avenues through which lung carcinoma screening can be used as an opportunity for providing effective nicotine interventions...

..CONCLUSIONS: Extended use of bupropion for relapse prevention is effective for smokers with and without a history of major depression...

..Breast cancer survivors who exhibit a pessimistic explanatory style report lower health-related QOL for years after receiving a cancer diagnosis, compared to nonpessimistic women...

..To examine tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use rates among Alaska Native youth from western Alaska...

..These findings suggest that the development of new models for reinforcing tobacco-use interventions initiated in the ED deserve exploration, such as linking them to a tobacco quitline...

..Therefore, other modes of delivering expressive writing to young adult cigarette smokers should be explored...

..Physical activity level may have important QOL and symptom management benefits for long-term lung cancer survivors...

..Previous studies have found that marriage is associated with longer survival and better quality of life among lung cancer patients. The present study used the Mayo Clinic Lung Cancer Cohort to re-examine this issue...

..The aim of our study was to develop a measure of how a family history of colorectal cancer (CRC) affects families from the viewpoint of unaffected family members...

..Opportunities exist for dental providers to help patients who smoke by enrolling them in tobacco use quitlines. The authors conducted a pilot study to investigate whether such referrals were feasible and effective...

..The primary aim of this study was to determine the effects of smoking on treatment outcomes following multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation. A secondary aim was to assess the tobacco use characteristics of smokers with chronic pain...

..Racial and gender differences are highlighted. This study was funded by Mayo Clinic. The study's limitations were noted...

..This study expands on the knowledge of treating adolescent smokers and presents a new assessment measure. The study's limitations are noted. This investigation was funded by NICHHD...

..Our objective was to describe the effect of participation in SCT screening on participants' risk perceptions, worry, and expectations regarding the accuracy of the screening result...

..44, p <0.01) item scales overall and for spouses whose partners reported higher levels of readiness to quit smoking (r = 0.54, p < 0.01; r = 0.50, p < 0.01, respectively). Suggestions for future research are offered...

..We set out to investigate this issue further by conducting a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of bupropion sustained-release (SR) for smoking relapse prevention among abstinent alcoholic smokers...

..Participants stated they benefited most from the support and structure associated with the brief office intervention. Enthusiasm was lacking for the expressive writing treatment adjunct...

..These women would then be followed up long term for breast cancer incidence and mortality...

..Although the findings suggest that expressive writing holds promise as a treatment adjunct to decrease weight gain associated with smoking cessation, further research is warranted...

..Using survey data from 2328 women (mean age 62.5 years) from 372 families enrolled in the Minnesota breast cancer family study, we explored adult daughter's reports of breast cancer risk reduction advice received from their mothers...

..We examined the degree to which mothers reported providing advice on breast cancer prevention to their daughters, the content of such advice, and correlates of providing such advice...

..This study provides new information about how residential treatment impacts psychosocial factors considered to be important predictors of tobacco abstinence in outpatient settings...

..High-dose nicotine patch therapy is safe and well tolerated in this population of tobacco users...

..e., internal consistency reliability, item-change scores, factor structure) are described. Clinical and public health implications for the use of measures of support provided for behavior change are discussed...

..At week 12, 7(35%) of the body image participants had 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence, compared to 5(24%) of the participants in the weight management group (p=0.505)...

..Tobacco use interventions for young adult Latinos have not yet been developed. This qualitative pilot study employed semistructured interviews to assess beliefs and attitudes regarding tobacco use interventions among young adult Latinos...

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..265 (6.2%) developed 172 stop smoking messages. The quality of their work confirmed that teens can design media messages to encourage their smoking adolescent peers to enroll in a program to stop smoking...

..Motivation to quit smoking was found to be significantly lower in those with weight concerns (P < .001). Further investigation is needed to enable the tailoring of interventions for weight-concerned male smokers...

..Consequently, clinicians working with adolescents should be familiar with established guidelines regarding tobacco use prevention and treatment and use general outpatient office visits as an important opportunity to prevent tobacco use...

..The authors tested the hypothesis that abstinence from cigarette smoking contributes to psychological stress in the perioperative period...

..Clearly, more investigation is warranted into how to tailor smoking interventions for cancer screening participants...

..Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that higher maladaptive coping and lower level of exercise were significantly associated with depression among tobacco users...

..Assessment of these variables may be useful clinically by assisting health care providers in tailoring nicotine dependence interventions to enhance outcomes...

..Areas for refinement in the format and items of the SAAST-R were identified and suggestions for further validation studies are presented...

..However, the efficacy of several pharmacologic therapies for alcoholic smokers needs to be tested. In addition, further research is needed on effective treatments for recovering alcoholics of various racial/ethnic backgrounds...

..Additionally, being weight concerned may impact the short-term success rates of stopping smoking using pharmacotherapy...

..To determine the concentration of nicotine and cotinine in maternal blood and neonatal cord blood among pregnant Alaska Native women and to assess the neonates for neurobehavioral effects...

..This pilot study investigated the feasibility of an exercise intervention for depressed female smokers (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale [CES-D] score > or =16)...

..Development and refinement of nicotine dependence measures for ST users are essential steps in order to advance the field of ST research...

..To examine the association between depressive symptoms and exercise-related variables among patients with type 2 diabetes...

..Alcohol consumption is strongly associated with cigarette smoking in young adults...

..To examine the association of smoking and gender with body image satisfaction, perceived stress, and self-esteem in young adults...

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..00-3.06). Current smoking appears to adversely affect the number of days hospitalized post HSCT and overall survival. Translational research focused on interventions to promote tobacco cessation may lead to improved HSCT outcomes...

..493+/-246 ng/ml; P=0.042). Poor concordance was observed between the FTQ-ST and the DIS-IV in the assessment of nicotine dependence in ST users...

..Smoking cessation interventions are needed for lung cancer patients who continue to smoke...

..77) and appears to assess a wide range of individual differences in the provision of support. Demographic correlates associated with SPM scores are described and suggestions for future research are offered...

..To determine tobacco use rates during pregnancy among Alaska Natives residing on the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta of western Alaska. Alaska Natives residing in this region use Iqmik, a unique form of smokeless tobacco (ST)...

..I. 22% to 37%). An individualized nicotine dependence intervention conducted in an academic medical setting yielded encouraging abstinence rates for Black smokers...

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..To describe a homemade form of smokeless tobacco known as Iqmik used among Alaska Natives residing in western Alaska...

..CONCLUSION: The attitudes toward tobacco and identified barriers to stopping will be useful in developing tobacco dependence interventions for Alaska Natives...

..CONCLUSION: The results suggest that nicotine dependence treatment is effective for patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer. The majority of lung cancer patients were motivated to stop smoking...

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..To examine the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with varying levels of familial and perceived risk of breast cancer with the goal of preventing breast cancer...

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..The overall health related objective of this line of research is to develop effective treatment programs with and for Alaska Native pregnant women that will ultimately reduce the risk of tobacco-related disease. ..

..Support persons (N=60) will be recruited and randomly assigned to self-help intervention or telephone counseling. The smokers will be enrolled as study subjects but will be contacted for assessments only. ..

..Dependent measures include 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence verified with expired air carbon monoxide and alcohol and drug abstinence verified with breathalyzer, urine drug screen and informant report. ..

..Adolescents will be recruited for participation in the study from four geographically and ethnically diverse locations. The study will be conducted by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. ..

..Developing effective tobacco cessation interventions for Alaska Native youth may ultimately reduce their risk of cancer and other tobacco-related disease. ..