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Gaalema DE, Pericot-Valverde I, Bunn JY, Villanti AC, Cepeda-Benito A, Doogan NJ, Keith DR, Kurti AN, Lopez AA, Nighbor T, Parker MA, Quisenberry AJ, Redner R, Roberts ME, Stanton CA, Ades PA, Higgins ST. Tobacco use in cardiac patients: Perceptions, use, and changes after a recent myocardial infarction among US adults in the PATH study (2013-2015). Prev Med 2018; 117:76-82. [PMID: 29746974 PMCID: PMC6195824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Smoking status following cardiac events strongly predicts future morbidity and mortality. Using a nationally representative sample of United States adults, aims of this study were (1) to estimate use of, and attitudes towards, tobacco products as a function of level of cardiac risk, and (2) to explore changes in attitudes and tobacco use among adults experiencing a recent myocardial infarction (MI). Data were obtained from the first and second waves of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Use and attitudes towards tobacco products were examined at Wave 1 among adults with no chronic health condition (n = 18,026), those with risk factors for heart disease (n = 4593), and those who reported ever having had an MI (n = 643). Changes in perceived risk of tobacco and use between the two waves and having an MI in the last 12 months (n = 240) were also examined. Those who reported lifetime MI were more likely to believe that smoking/using tobacco was causing/worsening a health problem. Having had a recent MI event increased perceived tobacco-related risk and attempts at reduction/quitting, but did not significantly impact combusted tobacco cessation/reduction or uptake of non-combusted tobacco products. Sociodemographic characteristics and use of other tobacco products were associated with change in use of tobacco products. Those who have an MI are sensitized to the harm of continued smoking. Nonetheless, having an MI does not predict quitting combusted tobacco use or switching to potentially reduced harm products. Intense intervention is necessary to reduce combusted use in this high-risk population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Diann E Gaalema
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
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- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Janice Y Bunn
- Medical Biostatistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Andrea C Villanti
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Antonio Cepeda-Benito
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Nathan J Doogan
- Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Diana R Keith
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Allison N Kurti
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Alexa A Lopez
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Tyler Nighbor
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Maria A Parker
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Amanda J Quisenberry
- Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Ryan Redner
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
| | - Megan E Roberts
- Center of Excellence in Regulatory Tobacco Science, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Cassandra A Stanton
- Westat, Center for Evaluation and Coordination of Training and Research (CECTR) in Tobacco Regulatory Science, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
| | - Philip A Ades
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Division of Cardiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Stephen T Higgins
- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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