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Annotated Bibliography

Ayers, J. W., Westmaas, J. L., Leas, E. C., Benton, A., Chen, Y., Dredze, M., & Althouse, B. M. (2016). Leveraging Big Data to Improve Health Awareness Campaigns: A Novel Evaluation of the Great American Smokeout. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2(1), e16. https://doi.org/10.2196/publichealth.5304

The authors aim to determine the effectiveness of awareness campaigns. They do this by observing cessation related news reports, Twitter postings, cessation related google searches, Wikipedia, and government sponsored quit lines. The Great American Smokeout, which is an annual event that encourages and offers support to smokers and takes place every third Thursday of November, was used as a case study in the article.

Chaiton, M., Diemert, L., Cohen, J. E., Bondy, S. J., Selby, P., Philipneri, A., & Schwartz, R. (2016). Estimating the number of quit attempts it takes to quit smoking successfully in a longitudinal cohort of smokers. BMJ Open, 6(6), e011045. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011045

The authors seek to improve on literature estimating the number of attempts it takes to successfully quit smoking. Through the use of a population based longitudinal panel survey of smokers known as the Ontario Tobacco Survey, they used statistical analyses to determine the average number of quit attempts before quitting successfully. They find that the average number of quit attempts is likely significantly higher than what is generally communicated to smokers, suggesting that a current smoker tries to quit on average about 30 times or more before successfully quitting for 1 year or longer. Population Health Planned Intervention and Christian Worldview Project.

 

Hersi, M., Traversy, G., Thombs, B. D., Beck, A., Skidmore, B., Groulx, S., Lang, E., Reynolds,

28. L., Wilson, B., Bernstein, S. L., Selby, P., Johnson-Obaseki, S., Manuel, D., Pakhale, S., Presseau, J., Courage, S., Hutton, B., Shea, B. J., Welch, V., … Stevens, A. (2019). Effectiveness of stop smoking interventions among adults: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and an updated systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8(1), 8–28.

 

The authors focus on interventions used to help with smoking cessation. This evidence review provides the reader with an overview of systemic reviews evaluating the benefits and harms of interventions used to influence smoking cessation. These interventions include approved pharmacotherapies, electronic cigarettes, behavioral therapies, exercise, and alternative therapies.

 

Liu, J., Zhao, S., Chen, X., Falk, E., & Albarracín, D. (2017). The influence of peer behavior as a function of social and cultural closeness: A meta-analysis of normative influence on adolescent smoking initiation and continuation. Psychological Bulletin, 143(10), 1082–1115. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000113

The authors discuss the influence of social and cultural closeness on cigarette smoking and the continuation of smoking being the lead cause of preventable death and disease in the United States. They delve into the fact that smoking begins and is established usually during adolescent years and relate it to the fact that this age group is more sensitive to the influence of others.

Martin, C. T., Gao, Y., Duchman, K. R., & Pugely, A. J. (2016). The Impact of Current Smoking and Smoking Cessation on Short-Term Morbidity Risk After Lumbar Spine Surgery. SPINE, 41(7), 577–584. https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000001281

The authors aim to discover the likelihood developing an infection or morbidity post-surgery depending on smoking status of patients. They focused on current and prior cigarette smokers and concentrate on their healing process for thirty days after lumbar spine surgery. Through their findings, they were able to conclude that there is a correlation between cigarette smoking and systemic morbidity and wound complication.

Śliwińska-Mossoń, M., & Milnerowicz, H. (2017). The impact of smoking on the development of diabetes and its complications. Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, 14(4), 265–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1479164117701876

Śliwińska-Mossoń & Milnerowicz detail the effects that cigarettes have on the body. They focus on its impact on the development of diabetes as well as the development of vascular complications. They shed light on the importance of smoking cessation for the prevention of micro- and macrovascular disease and complications. They believe that those with diabetes who continue to smoke cigarettes lack effective patient education and live a generally unhealthy lifestyle.

West, R. (2017). Tobacco smoking: Health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions. Psychology & Health, 32(8), 1018–1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1325890

West provides a detailed review about the nature of harm caused by smoking, the benefits of smoking cessation, patterns seen by those who smoke, the effectiveness of methods used to lower the harm caused by continued use of tobacco/nicotine, pharmacological and social factors that contribute to the uptake of smoking, and the effectiveness of population and individual level interventions intended on combatting smoking. The article concludes with several suggestions of ways to increase the rate at which smokers try to quit including raising taxes, implementing national programs, and providing behavioral and pharmacological support.

Zhou, C., Wu, L., Liu, Q., An, H., Jiang, B., Zuo, F., Zhang, L., & He, Y. (2017). Evaluation of smoking cessation intervention in patients with chronic diseases in smoking cessation clinics. Medicine, 96(42), e7459. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000007459

Numerous contributing authors apply their expertise to discussing psychological interventions verses drug combined psychological interventions. They focus on male smokers with single chronic diseases and find more success with drug combined psychological interventions. The psychologic interventions take place in smoking cessation clinics where doctors answer any questions the patients may have, provide mental support and assistance, and provide education.