Open AccessParents' Self-efficacy for Tobacco Exposure Protection and Smoking Abstinence Mediate Treatment Effects on Child Cotinine at 12-Month Follow-up: Mediation Results from the Kids Safe and Smokefree Trial
Author(s) -
Bradley N. Collins,
Stephen J. Lepore,
Jonathan P. Winickoff,
David W. Sosnowski
Publication year - 2019
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/ntz175
Subject(s) - medicine , abstinence , cotinine , psychological intervention , mediation , smoking cessation , randomized controlled trial , population , nicotine , clinical psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , political science , law
Compared with the general smoking population, low-income smokers face elevated challenges to success in evidence-based smoking cessation treatment. Moreover, their children bear increased disease burden. Understanding behavioral mechanisms related to successful reduction of child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) could inform future smoking interventions in vulnerable, underserved populations.