Tobacco Use and Cessation Among a National Online Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 414-417
Author(s):  
Sin How Lim ◽  
Lujain Daghar ◽  
Christopher Bullen ◽  
Hanisah Muhammad Faiz ◽  
Mohd Akbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Current Smoking ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

Previous studies documented the health disparities in smoking among sexual minority populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM). However, smoking behaviors have never been examined among Malaysian MSM, a sexual minority group in a predominantly Muslim country. A total of 622 Malaysian MSM completed an anonymous online survey in 2017. Data on the demographics, smoking and substance use behaviors, psychosocial factors, and attitudes toward smoking cessation were collected and analyzed. The mean age was 28 years and 67% of participants were of Malay ethnicity. The prevalence of current smoking was 23% (n = 143), while former smokers were 9% (n = 59). Current smoking status was associated with HIV-positive status and risk behaviors, such as suicidality, alcohol use, and illicit drug use ( P = .001). Almost two thirds of current smokers had attempted to quit in the past year. Hence, comprehensive smoking cessation interventions addressing the psychosocial needs of MSM should be prioritized.

scholarly journals Intimate Dynamics and Relationship Satisfaction among LGB Adolescents: The Role of Sexual Minority Oppression

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Henrique Pereira ◽  
Graça Esgalhado
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Relationship Dynamics ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
The Relationship

Adolescent lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) romantic partners face the challenge of developing satisfactory relationships while managing stressors associated with being members of a stigmatized minority group due to their sexual minority status. The aims of this study were to explore and describe relationship dynamics among LGB adolescents that are in committed same-sex relationships in Portugal, to assess levels of satisfaction with their relationships, and to assess whether LGB oppression was associated with the likelihood of anticipating and experiencing problems within the relationship. A sample of 182 self-identified LGB adolescents (mean age = 17.89 years; SD = 1.99), completed an online survey consisting of various sociodemographic measures, a relationship dynamics questionnaire, a self-assessment of relationship satisfaction, and an adapted version of the Gay and Lesbian Oppressive Situations Inventory. Results show that participants were highly satisfied with their relationships, except those who were non-monogamous and less committed to their relationships. Participants showed moderate levels of LGB oppression situations, and, as demonstrated by the hierarchical multiple regression analysis, age (being older), having lower levels of commitment, and being exposed to higher levels of exclusion, rejection, and separation were strong predictors of lower levels of relationship satisfaction.

scholarly journals Cigarettes and Water Pipe Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, and Attitudes Among the Palestinian Physicians in the West Bank

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1179173X1881336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamzeh Al Zabadi ◽  
Samar Musmar ◽  
Ayah Hassouna ◽  
Doa’a Shtaiwi
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
West Bank ◽  
World Health ◽  
Water Pipe ◽  
The West ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

Background: Tobacco use is one of the major public health threats nowadays. Smoking can affect everybody organ. Health professionals should play pivotal roles in tobacco control, and their attitude and practice toward tobacco use can affect the health of the community. Therefore, assessing and influencing physicians’ attitudes and practice are one of the alternatives to reduce smoking prevalence in the community. We aimed to assess smoking status among medical physicians in the West Bank, Palestine to better understand their future role in any smoking cessation program. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study using the World Health Organization Global Health Professional Survey questionnaire was conducted. A non-probability sampling technique from a total of 6500 physicians registered in the Palestinian Medical Association in the West Bank was used. Results: The age ranged from 23 to 78 years with a mean of 34.92 years. Current smokers represented 60.3%. Of them, 18.5% were both cigarettes and water pipe smokers. The main reason that motivates the physician to smoke is experimenting (57.9%). Also stress (31.8%) and social pressure (26.4%) were of the most common causes to start smoking. Almost all medical doctors have a high level of knowledge regarding the health consequences of smoking. Smokers were less likely to hold favorable attitudes toward smoking cessation and support tobacco control policy compared with non-smokers ( P-values < .05). Conclusions: Physicians’ degree of awareness and knowledge about their role in aiding patients to quit smoking are high. However, smokers’ attitudes toward smoking cessation programs need to be improved to increase their involvement in such interventional programs.

scholarly journals Proportion of Time Spent Delivering Support Predicts Stop Smoking Advisor Quit Rate Independently of Training, Experience, and Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Anastasi ◽  
Joanne Lusher ◽  
Chris Chandler
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Quit Rate ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Impact

Despite a downwards trend in smoking prevalence, smoking remains the UK's biggest preventable cause of premature mortality. Specialist stop smoking support programmes provided by the NHS have helped to reduce smoking prevalence and whilst there has been a vast amount of research investigating the most effective behavioural and pharmacological support models, little is known about the impact of smoking cessation advisor's smoking status and clinical effectiveness on quit rates. This study aimed to identify factors that contribute to NHS stop smoking advisor performance using a quantitative cross-sectional design via an online survey that was completed by 159 participants in 24 London boroughs. Multiple regression analyses revealed that level of training, years practiced, level of advisor education, number of patients supported in a given year, and smoking status had no significant impact on NHS stop smoking advisor quit rate in this sample. However, the model revealed that proportion of time spent delivering smoking cessation support was significantly associated with quit rate. It is imperative that this finding is considered when recruiting, commissioning, and training new smoking cessation advisors or provider organisations.

E-cigarettes and tobacco cessation: An online survey of electronic cigarette users in France

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S293-S294
Author(s):  
C. Chevallier ◽  
A. Batisse ◽  
M. Marillier ◽  
S. Djezzar
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Tobacco Use Cessation ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Cigarette Dependence ◽  
Addictive Potential

IntroductionE-cigarettes (EC) are widely used in general population and may facilitate smoking cessation. However, efficacy and addictive potential of EC remain insufficiently studied.ObjectivesTo characterize e-cigarette use and its impact on tobacco use/cessation.MethodsOnline survey was available on CEIP website (September 2014–March 2015). Questionnaire assessed smoking status, tobacco and e-cigarette use, including reasons for use, efficacy, adverse effects and dependence (Fagerström test of cigarette dependence [F] and an adapted version to e-cigarette use [Fm]).ResultsOne thousand one hundred and twenty-one EC users answered (1008 ex-smokers, 113 current smokers), with mean age of 39 ± 10 years and 72% female. Ninety-six percent e-cigarette users agreed that vaping is useful for tobacco cessation, 80% succeeded to quit/reduce their smoking. Reasons for EC use are partial/complete alternative to smoking, lower toxicity, less side effects and lower cost. Most of ex-smokers (66%) has no/low dependence to EC (Fm ≤ 4) since current smokers reduced dramatically their tobacco consumption by EC use. Among all EC users, 75% had a craving for EC. Use of EC is described as pleasant as tobacco for 59% ex-smokers and 39% smokers. Eighty-three percent of ex-smokers and 68% of smokers do not intend to stop vaping.ConclusionE-cigarettes are used primarily for smoking cessation and show effectiveness for harm-reduction, but a secondary dependence to nicotine contains in EC can be observed (Figure 1).Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Dental students' attitudes toward smoking cessation guidelines

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 641-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
JK Yip ◽  
JL Hay ◽  
JS Ostroff ◽  
RK Stewart ◽  
GD Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

scholarly journals Improving smoking cessation in first episode psychosis: a quality improvement project by the City & Hackney Early and Quick Intervention Psychosis (EQUIP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e001002
Author(s):  
Orestis Kanter Bax ◽  
Nadim Hakim ◽  
Michael Jeggo ◽  
Declan Phelan ◽  
Timothy Stevens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Patient Participation ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
The City

Smoking tobacco is a major public health issue and a significant cause of increased mortality. People with a first episode of psychosis are more likely to smoke and the subgroup that goes on to have schizophrenia will have a significantly reduced life expectancy to the general population. The City & Hackney Early and Quick Intervention in Psychosis Team is a community mental health team at East London NHS Foundation Trust, providing outpatient care for adults presenting with first episode psychosis. This project aimed to increase the number of smoking cessation referrals from EQUIP to national smoking cessation services to 15% of the total team caseload over 6 months initially. A secondary measure was to complete an assessment of the smoking status for 90% of the caseload at all times. Change ideas were tested using plan-do-study-act cycles. A smoking cessation referral pathway was created and disseminated to the outpatient and inpatient services. The project was discussed at least monthly at the clinical team meeting. An education and skills building session was organised and took place at the team away day and an education drop-in session for patients was organised. The project was slow to take-off and patient participation was essential in driving progress. The aim was achieved at 23 months. A collateral benefit indicated that 25.7% of the total number of smokers had been recorded as having stopped smoking during the course of this project. This project demonstrates the effectiveness of quality improvement methodology facilitated by efficient leadership, collaborative teamwork, patient participation and persistence to address a complex problem that has significant consequences to patient health.

scholarly journals Development of Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Smoking Cessation Outcome

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2584
Author(s):  
Cheng-Chien Lai ◽  
Wei-Hsin Huang ◽  
Betty Chia-Chen Chang ◽  
Lee-Ching Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Smoking Cessation Outcome

Predictors for success in smoking cessation have been studied, but a prediction model capable of providing a success rate for each patient attempting to quit smoking is still lacking. The aim of this study is to develop prediction models using machine learning algorithms to predict the outcome of smoking cessation. Data was acquired from patients underwent smoking cessation program at one medical center in Northern Taiwan. A total of 4875 enrollments fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Models with artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), logistic regression (LoR), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), classification and regression tree (CART), and naïve Bayes (NB) were trained to predict the final smoking status of the patients in a six-month period. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC or ROC value) were used to determine the performance of the models. We adopted the ANN model which reached a slightly better performance, with a sensitivity of 0.704, a specificity of 0.567, an accuracy of 0.640, and an ROC value of 0.660 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.617–0.702) for prediction in smoking cessation outcome. A predictive model for smoking cessation was constructed. The model could aid in providing the predicted success rate for all smokers. It also had the potential to achieve personalized and precision medicine for treatment of smoking cessation.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in a Sample of Italian Men Who Have SEX with MEN (MSM)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4772
Author(s):  
Gianluca Voglino ◽  
Maria Rosaria Gualano ◽  
Stefano Rousset ◽  
Pietro Forghieri ◽  
Isabella Fraire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Prep Awareness ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Background: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is suitable for high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection risk people, foremost among whom are males who have sex with other males (MSM). This study evaluated knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding PrEP in a sample of Italian MSM, in order to hypothesize strategies to implement PrEP awareness and use. No previous study has assessed this issue; Methods: An online survey was given to an opportunistic sample of Italian MSM. The questionnaire investigated sexual behaviour and habits, HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) knowledge and PrEP awareness, attitudes and practices. Univariable and multivariable logistic regressions were conducted to identify factors associated with PrEP knowledge; Results: A total of 196 MSM participated in this survey. Overall data showed that 87.2% of participants knew what PrEP is, but only 7.5% have ever used it. The main reason for not using PrEP was the cost of the therapy (26.9%). The principal source of PrEP information was the Internet (68.4%). Being regularly tested for HIV was significantly associated with PrEP knowledge (adjusted odds ratio (AdjOR) = 3.16; confidence interval (CI) = 1.06–9.29); Conclusions: Knowledge regarding PrEP was well established, but PrEP use was not equally widespread. It is necessary to improve research on PrEP usage in order to PrEP access to be granted.

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