OP02 Women’s Views on Smoking Cessation Services and National Tobacco Control Measures

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A4.2-A4
Author(s):  
J Barber ◽  
E Rumsby ◽  
S Parker ◽  
L Mohebati ◽  
S Venables ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Smoking Cessation Services ◽  
Women’S Views

Tobacco control strategies in psychiatric services in catalonia (Spain)

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 45-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ballbè ◽  
G. Nieva ◽  
S. Mondon ◽  
C. Pinet ◽  
E. Bruguera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity

IntroductionMortality and morbidity due to smoking in people with mental illnesses are higher than in the general population. However, smoking continues to be allowed in psychiatric premises of many countries despite being prohibited in workplaces including health care services.ObjectiveTo describe tobacco control strategies undertaken in psychiatric inpatient services and day centers in Catalonia.AimsTo study tobacco control strategies in psychiatric services in order to identify unmet needs.MethodsA cross-sectional study including all psychiatric services offering public service in Catalonia (n = 192). The managers answered an on-line questionnaire with 24 items grouped in four dimensions: staff's training & commitment, clinical intervention, management of smoking areas, and communication of smoke-free policies.Results186 of the managers (96.9%) responded to the questionnaire. Results showed low levels of implementation of tobacco control strategies, especially in the training and intervention dimensions. 41.0% of the services usually intervened in their patients’ tobacco use but an overall 65.9% didn’t have pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation available. 47.3% of the managers stated that their staff had not enough knowledge on smoking cessation interventions. 38.9% of the services had smoking indoor areas. Day Centers showed the lowest implementation of tobacco control measures while services belonging to the Network of Smoke-free Hospitals showed the highest implementation.ConclusionsCurrent Spanish partial law has failed to promote a desirable tobacco control in psychiatric services. There is a need to extend tobacco control policies, specifically in terms of smoking intervention and training, together with a higher availability of resources.

scholarly journals Pregnant smokers’ perceptions of specialist smoking cessation services

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Butterworth ◽  
Elizabeth Sparkes ◽  
Alison Trout ◽  
Katherine Brown
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Prenatal Smoking ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Pregnant Smokers ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Smoking Cessation Services ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women’S Views

Introduction: Women who continue to smoke during pregnancy are at risk of smoking-related diseases, maternity complications and expose the foetus to risks of perinatal mortality and morbidity. The number of women smoking at the time of delivery is estimated at 13.5% in England and 15.8% in the West Midlands. However, the prevalence can be elevated in certain areas, such as north Solihull.Aims: This research consults past, current and non-users of specialist smoking cessation services and reports pregnant women's views of smoking cessation delivery and potential service developments.Methods: Focus groups were conducted with 19 participants with experience of prenatal smoking.Findings: Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The main themes included: (1) improving access to clear, sensitive information on smoking and pregnancy; (2) perceptions of existing services; (3) improving current services: the right delivery and the right person; and (4) encouraging participation of pregnant smokers.Conclusions: In this area, pregnant smokers wanted easily-accessible, empathetic, non-judgemental and flexible support more than incentives or rewards to quit smoking. They also stated a preference for group cessation support as they believed that peer support would be advantageous.

scholarly journals The Estimated Effect of Physicians' Advice for Smoking Cessation and Assumed Tobacco Retail Price Increase on Smoker's Intention to Quit in Shanghai, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiping Wang ◽  
Xiangjin Gao ◽  
Yan Qiang ◽  
Qiong Yang ◽  
Xiaopan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Retail Price ◽  
Price Increase ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Noncommunicable Disease ◽  
Smoking Duration

Background: Tobacco consumption produces a heavy disease burden worldwide, and tobacco price increase, an advertisement for tobacco-induced harm, graphic warning labels on cigarette packages and advice of physicians for quitting are policies that have been proved as effective smoking cessation measures. But evidence on the estimated effect of advice of physicians for quitting and assumed tobacco retail price increase on smoking cessation intention among smokers is still limited in China.Methods: From January to April of 2021, we recruited 664 current smokers in Songjiang district of Shanghai by a multistage sampling design. We implemented a logistic regression analysis to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to explore how smoking cessation intention would be influenced by the assumed tobacco retail price increase as well as advice of physicians for quitting, and used the paired tabulation method to identify the salient tobacco control measures among smokers as well.Results: A total of 664 current smokers included 548 males (82.53%), with an average smoking duration of 22.50 years (SD: 11.52 years). About 68.79 and 43.67% of current smokers reported smoking cessation intention due to advice of physicians for quitting and the assumed tobacco retail price increase, respectively. Logistic regression analysis indicated that female smokers (OR = 2.85 and 4.55), smokers with previous smoking cessation attempt (OR = 3.71 and 3.07), longer smoking duration (OR = 2.26 and 2.68), lower smoking intensity (OR = 1.82 and 1.69), and heavier tobacco burdens (OR = 1.67 and 2.22) had the higher intention of smoking cessation both due to advice of physicians for quitting and due to assumed tobacco price increase, respectively. Meanwhile, the advice of physicians for quitting was more effective and acceptable (over 80%) than the assumed tobacco price increase for inducing smokers to consider quitting in Shanghai.Conclusions: Smokers have a high intention of smoking cessation in Shanghai, and the advice of physicians for quitting is a potentially more salient tobacco control measure than the assumed tobacco retail price increase. Incorporating smoking duration, intensity, personal burden as well as noncommunicable disease (NCD) status of smokers into the implementation of tobacco control measures is beneficial for descending smoking prevalence.

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