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March 2008, Vol 98, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 389-390
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.128355

LETTER

PREVENTING SMOKING RELAPSE IN THE CAROLINAS

Haijun Xiao, MS, Christopher D. Hoffman, MS, Guillermo Brito, PhD, Cindy L. Laton, BA and Sallie Beth Johnson, MPH, CHES

Haijun Xiao and Guillermo Brito are part of the Research and Evaluation team at the American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC. Christopher D. Hoffman, Cindy L. Laton, and Sallie Beth Johnson are with FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc, Pinehurst, NC.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Haijun Xiao, MS, American Legacy Foundation, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (e-mail: jxiao@americanlegacy.org).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

A recent article by Lee and Kahende1 identified predictors of successful smoking cessation to assist practitioners in tailoring programs for clients at high risk of relapse. These researchers found that cessation was significantly associated with the following factors: having rules against smoking in the home and a tobacco-free workplace; being at least 35 years of age, married or living with a partner, and of non-Hispanic White race or ethnicity; and having only 1 lifetime quit attempt and not having switched to low-tar or low-nicotine products. Research conducted by FirstHealth of the Carolinas, a not-for-profit health care system based in Pinehurst, . . . [Full Text]






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