Melissa A Little1, Robert C Klesges2, Zoran Bursac3, Jennifer P Halbert2, Jon Ebbert4, Gerald W Talcott5, Benny Weksler6. 1. Center for Addiction and Prevention Research, University of Virginia Medical School, 59 MDW/59 SGOWMP, 1100 Wilford Hall Loop, Bldg 4554, Lackland AFB, TX, 78236, USA. mal7uj@virginia.edu. 2. Center for Addiction and Prevention Research, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, 560 Ray C. Hunt Drive, PO Box 800717, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. 3. Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 633 Doctors Office Building, Suite 307, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA. 4. Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. 5. Center for Addiction and Prevention Research, University of Virginia Medical School, 59 MDW/59 SGOWMP, 1100 Wilford Hall Loop, Bldg 4554, Lackland AFB, TX, 78236, USA. 6. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1325 East Moreland Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the characteristics associated with cancer survivors which indicate continued cigarette smoking at or around the time of cancer diagnosis. METHODS: A total of 631 survivors were recruited in four cancer centers in Memphis, TN, between March 2015 and June 2016. To increase the probability of accurate reporting, surveys were conducted anonymously. A total of 112 respondents reported they were current smokers and 202 reported they were former smokers (n = 314), who comprised the sample. RESULTS: We found that the rate of daily e-cigarette use among cancer survivors who smoked was 15.2% versus 3.9% in cancer survivors who no longer smoked. The national rate of adult e-cigarette use is 3.5%. Multivariate models correlated the characteristics of current versus former smokers and revealed that increasing age (aOR = 0.97, p < .0001), decreasing education (aOR = 2.39, p < .02), and current use of e-cigarettes (aOR = 3.74, p < .00045) were frequently associated with current cigarette smoking. CONCLUSIONS: While age and gender were associated with continued smoking, current use of e-cigarettes was associated with almost four times higher odds of being a current smoker. Further research is needed to determine if use of e-cigarettes deters or promotes the smoking cessation process, at least in cancer survivors. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Among cancer survivors who continue to smoke after a cancer diagnosis, use of e-cigarettes is highly prevalent; research is needed to determine whether use of e-cigarettes promotes, has no effect, or hinders smoking cessation efforts among this vulnerable population.
PURPOSE: To determine the characteristics associated with cancer survivors which indicate continued cigarette smoking at or around the time of cancer diagnosis. METHODS: A total of 631 survivors were recruited in four cancer centers in Memphis, TN, between March 2015 and June 2016. To increase the probability of accurate reporting, surveys were conducted anonymously. A total of 112 respondents reported they were current smokers and 202 reported they were former smokers (n = 314), who comprised the sample. RESULTS: We found that the rate of daily e-cigarette use among cancer survivors who smoked was 15.2% versus 3.9% in cancer survivors who no longer smoked. The national rate of adult e-cigarette use is 3.5%. Multivariate models correlated the characteristics of current versus former smokers and revealed that increasing age (aOR = 0.97, p < .0001), decreasing education (aOR = 2.39, p < .02), and current use of e-cigarettes (aOR = 3.74, p < .00045) were frequently associated with current cigarette smoking. CONCLUSIONS: While age and gender were associated with continued smoking, current use of e-cigarettes was associated with almost four times higher odds of being a current smoker. Further research is needed to determine if use of e-cigarettes deters or promotes the smoking cessation process, at least in cancer survivors. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Among cancer survivors who continue to smoke after a cancer diagnosis, use of e-cigarettes is highly prevalent; research is needed to determine whether use of e-cigarettes promotes, has no effect, or hinders smoking cessation efforts among this vulnerable population.
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Cancer survivors who smoke; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use; e-cigarettes
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