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- Title
Return to smoking following a smoke-free psychiatric hospitalization.
- Authors
Prochaska, Judith J.; Fletcher, Lindsay; Hall, Stephen E.; Hall, Sharon M.
- Abstract
This study examined the smoking behaviors and motivations of 100 patients hospitalized in a smoke-free psychiatry unit. The sample averaged nineteen cigarettes per day and had a history of repeated failed quit attempts, yet 65% expressed interest in quitting. During hospitalization, nicotine replacement was provided to 70% of smokers to manage nicotine withdrawal. Provider counseling for smoking cessation, however, was rare, and all patients returned to smoking within five weeks of hospital discharge. The inpatient setting provides a potential site for initiating tobacco dependence treatment; however to maintain abstinence following hospital discharge, greater support is needed.
- Subjects
SMOKING; TOBACCO use; ORAL habits; NICOTINE addiction; DRUG abuse; SUBSTANCE abuse; ADDICTIONS; PERSONALITY disorders; PATHOLOGICAL psychology
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1080/10550490500419011