Tobacco Cessation Behaviors Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
Author(s) -
Maya Vijayaraghavan,
Lina Tieu,
Claudia Ponath,
David Guzman,
Margot Kushel
Publication year - 2016
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/ntw040
Subject(s) - medicine , abstinence , odds ratio , smoking cessation , odds , demography , logistic regression , confidence interval , cohort , cohort study , epidemiology , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , pathology , sociology
Tobacco-attributable deaths contribute significantly to the increased mortality observed among homeless adults aged 50 years or more. Little is known about the epidemiology of tobacco use among older homeless individuals. This longitudinal cohort study examines smoking behaviors and factors associated with smoking cessation among homeless individuals aged 50 years or more.
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