Open AccessThe Relations between False Positive and Negative Screens and Smoking Cessation and Relapse in the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial: Implications for Public Health
Author(s) -
Melissa A. Clark,
Jeremy Gorelick,
JoRean D. Sicks,
Elyse R. Park,
Amanda L. Graham,
David B. Abrams,
Ilana F. Gareen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntv037
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , abstinence , lung cancer screening , relapse prevention , hazard ratio , lung cancer , randomized controlled trial , psychiatry , confidence interval , pathology
Lung screening is an opportunity for smoking cessation and relapse prevention, but smoking behaviors may differ across screening results. Changes in smoking were evaluated among 18 840 current and former smokers aged 55-74 scheduled to receive three annual lung screenings.
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