Open AccessThe State of the Science on Cancer Diagnosis as a “Teachable Moment” for Smoking Cessation: A Scoping Review
Author(s) -
Gabriella E. Puleo,
Tia Borger,
William Bowling,
Jessica L. Burris
Publication year - 2021
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/ntab139
Subject(s) - teachable moment , smoking cessation , psychological intervention , medicine , transtheoretical model , clinical psychology , behavior change , social support , cancer , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , psychotherapist , pathology
Theoretically, a cancer diagnosis has the potential to spur health behavior changes in physical activity, diet, substance use, medication adherence, and the like. The Teachable Moment heuristic is a parsimonious, transtheoretical framework for understanding the conditions under which behavior change might occur, with constructs that include affective, cognitive, and social factors. Application of the Teachable Moment to smoking cessation after cancer diagnosis might aid selection of predictors in observational studies and inform how to optimally design interventions to promote quit attempts and sustain abstinence, as many smoking cessation interventions for cancer survivors do not yield positive outcomes.