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Predictors of smoking cessation among cancer patients enrolled in a smoking cessation program . UNLABELLED Many cancer patients continue to smoke postdiagnosis , which is associated with poorer clinical outcomes . Identifying prospective predictors of smoking cessation among patients currently receiving smoking cessation treatment can help guide the development and implementation of smoking cessation programs with this population . MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from 246 cancer patients participating in a randomized placebo-controlled smoking cessation clinical trial were used to examine baseline predictors of end-of-treatment and six-month postbaseline smoking cessation outcomes . Baseline demographic , smoking-related , disease-related , and psychological variables were examined as predictors of biochemically-confirmed point-prevalence abstinence . RESULTS Multivariate analysis indicated that , for end-of-treatment abstinence , patients were significantly more likely to have quit smoking if they were older ( OR = 1.06 , 95 % CI : 1.03-1.10 , p < 0.05 ) and were diagnosed with a non-tobacco related cancer ( OR = 2.54 , 95 % CI : 1.24-5.20 , p < 0.05 ) . Likewise , for six-month abstinence , patients were significantly more likely to have quit smoking if they were older ( OR = 1.04 , 95 % CI : 1.01-1.08 , p < 0.05 ) and were significantly less likely to have quit smoking if they were female ( OR = 0.47 , 95 % CI : 0.22-0.97 , p < 0.05 ) . Patients with tobacco-related cancers and female patients reported significantly higher levels of depression symptoms ( p < 0.05 ) , which proved predictive of smoking relapse . CONCLUSIONS Patient age , gender , and cancer-type may be important factors to consider when developing and implementing smoking cessation interventions for cancer patients .
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Intervention_Educational
smoking cessation
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Intervention_Educational
smoking cessation
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Intervention_Educational
smoking cessation programs
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Intervention_Control
placebo-controlled
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Intervention_Educational
smoking cessation
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Intervention_Educational
smoking cessation interventions
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Outcome_Other
Multivariate
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Outcome_Mental
end-of-treatment abstinence
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Outcome_Mental
quit smoking
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Outcome_Mental
six-month abstinence
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Outcome_Mental
quit smoking
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Outcome_Mental
levels of depression symptoms
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Outcome_Mental
predictive of smoking relapse .
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Participant_Condition
smoking cessation
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Participant_Condition
cancer
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Participant_Condition
cancer patients
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Participant_Sample-size
246
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Participant_Condition
cancer
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Participant_Sex
female patients