Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To expand understanding of a smoking cessation barrier for women, weight concerns, in a medically underserved population. METHODS: Baseline weight concerns were examined among 235 low-income, black maternal smokers enrolled in a smoking trial. Logistic regression evaluated factors related to weight concerns. RESULTS: Higher BMI (OR 3.35, P < .001), intention to quit (OR 2.12, P = .02), more previous quit attempts (OR 1.14, P = .03), and less support for quitting (OR 0.81, P = .05) predicted weight concerns. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to delineate factors predicting weight concerns in this population, thus expanding our understanding of a key cessation barrier and informing future cessation strategies in a population known to bear increased risk of tobacco-related disease.

Author information

Author/s: Collins, Bradley N (BN); Nair, Uma (U); Hovell, Melbourne F (MF); Audrain-McGovern, Janet (J);

Affiliation: Department of Public Health & Pediatrics, Health Behavior Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. collinsb(-atsign-)temple.edu

Grants: CA105183 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS) ; CA93756 (Agency:NCI NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Nov-Dec; vol 33 (issue 6) : pp 699-709

Dates: Created 2009/03/26; Completed 2009/10/21;

PMID: 19320618, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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