Predicting smokeless tobacco initiation and re-initiation in the United States Air Force.

Introduction: Active Duty United States Air Force (USAF) members have substantially higher rates of smokeless tobacco (ST) use than the general population.

Methods: We longitudinally assessed demographics, tobacco use, intrapersonal factors, and interpersonal factors to determine associations with the initiation or re-initiation of ST in the year following a period of forced abstinence among 2188 newly recruited Airmen. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine associations between baseline predictors and ST use at one-year follow-up.

Why Don't Cancer Survivors Quit Smoking? An Evaluation of Readiness for Smoking Cessation in Cancer Survivors.

Background: Cancer survivors have a high rate of participation in cigarette-smoking cessation programs but their smoking-abstinence rates remain low. In the current study, we evaluated the readiness to quit smoking in a cancer-survivor population.

Methods: Cross-sectional data survey conducted among 112 adult cancer survivors who smoked cigarettes in Tennessee.