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Emerging issues in smoking among adolescent and adult cancer survivors
Author(s) -
Klosky James L.,
Tyc Vida L.,
GarcesWebb Danette M.,
Buscemi Joanna,
Klesges Robert C.,
Hudson Melissa M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.23061
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , cancer , smoking cessation , population , salience (neuroscience) , cigarette smoking , gerontology , family medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , psychology , cognitive psychology
The number of cancer survivors is significantly increasing, thereby prioritizing the importance of identifying and preventing adverse health outcomes within this high‐risk population. Cigarette smoking is of particular salience as it places both adolescents and adults with a cancer history at risk for various health problems, including second malignancies. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of the smoking literature as it relates to adolescents and adults on‐treatment and surviving cancer. In particular, the article reviews the prevalence, risk factors, and health outcomes associated with smoking, in addition to the prevention and smoking cessation interventions available to adolescent and adult oncology patients. Furthermore, efficacious cessation strategies have recently emerged from the smoking literature in healthy populations, and their application to oncology populations is discussed. Cancer 2007. © 2007 American Cancer Society.