Tobacco use and motivation to stop smoking among long-term smokers who are ineligible for lung cancer screening

•Smoking behavior of non-eligible individuals for screening is proposed.•A significant proportion of them are active smokers.•A significant proportion of them have significant nicotine dependence.•Very few are currently participating in active smoking cessation programs.•Almost all are interested in...

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Published in:Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2017-09, Vol.111, p.101-107
Main Authors: Taghizadeh, Niloofar, Taylor, Kathryn L., MacEachern, Paul, Koetzler, Rommy, Dickinson, James A., Gillson, Ashley, Yang, Huiming, Tammemagi, Martin C., Penz, Erika, Pendharkar, Sachin R., Lam, Stephen C., Graham, Andrew, Culling, Jessica, Burrowes, Paul, Bédard, Eric L.R., Tremblay, Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alberta - epidemiology
Early Detection of Cancer
Eligibility Determination
Female
Humans
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - etiology
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Mass Screening - standards
Middle Aged
Motivation
Risk Factors
Screening
Smokers
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Time Factors
Tobacco
Tobacco Use - adverse effects
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Summary:•Smoking behavior of non-eligible individuals for screening is proposed.•A significant proportion of them are active smokers.•A significant proportion of them have significant nicotine dependence.•Very few are currently participating in active smoking cessation programs.•Almost all are interested in quitting and in receiving help with quit attempts. The importance of smoking cessation interventions in lung cancer screening participants has been highlighted. This study aimed to describe the smoking habits of individuals who were ineligible for lung cancer screening and to investigate whether this encounter may represent an opportunity to reduce tobacco use. Ever smokers between the ages of 55 and 80 and ≥1.5% lung cancer risk over 6 years or having smoked ≥30 pack-years and with no more than 15 years of smoking abstinence were eligible to participate in the Alberta Lung Cancer Screening Program (ALCSP). A baseline questionnaire exploring tobacco use was administered to all interested individuals as part of the eligibility determination for the program. Among 504 individuals, 254 (50.4%) met the criteria for the ALCSP and 250 (49.6%) were non-eligible for screening. Non-eligible individuals were slightly younger (mean=60.2 vs. 63.1 years, p-value
ISSN:0169-5002
1872-8332
DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.07.017