Kelly A Aschbrenner1,2, Lisa B Dixon3, John A Naslund1, John Carlo M Bienvenida1, Kinsey L McManus4, Stephen J Bartels1,2,5, Mary F Brunette2. 1. a The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice , Dartmouth College , Lebanon , New Hampshire , USA. 2. b Department of Psychiatry , Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth , Lebanon , New Hampshire , USA. 3. c Department of Psychiatry , Columbia University Medical Center , New York , New York , USA. 4. d National Alliance on Mental Illness , New York , New York , USA. 5. e Department of Community and Family Medicine , Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth , Lebanon , New Hampshire , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Family beliefs about smoking and cessation may influence whether individuals with mental illness who smoke use effective cessation treatment. We surveyed family members online regarding beliefs about smoking and cessation among people with mental illness. Method: Two hundred fifty-six family members of individuals with mental illness completed an online survey. Responses were summarized and t tests were used to compare responses based on the family member's smoking status. RESULTS: One-quarter of respondents agreed that people with mental illness must smoke to manage mental health symptoms, nearly half (48%) expressed uncertainty about the whether nicotine replacement therapy is harmful for this population, and 69% believed that family members do not have the skills to help an individual with mental illness quit smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Misconceptions about smoking and mental illness and uncertainty about the safety of cessation treatment may interfere with family support for quitting smoking among people with mental illness.
OBJECTIVE: Family beliefs about smoking and cessation may influence whether individuals with mental illness who smoke use effective cessation treatment. We surveyed family members online regarding beliefs about smoking and cessation among people with mental illness. Method: Two hundred fifty-six family members of individuals with mental illness completed an online survey. Responses were summarized and t tests were used to compare responses based on the family member's smoking status. RESULTS: One-quarter of respondents agreed that people with mental illness must smoke to manage mental health symptoms, nearly half (48%) expressed uncertainty about the whether nicotine replacement therapy is harmful for this population, and 69% believed that family members do not have the skills to help an individual with mental illness quit smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Misconceptions about smoking and mental illness and uncertainty about the safety of cessation treatment may interfere with family support for quitting smoking among people with mental illness.
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