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Jeannine S. Schiller, MPH and Hanyu Ni, PhD, MPH. Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2334, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 301 458 4470, jdv2@cdc.gov
Objectives: This study examines the percents of current or past-year smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received advice on smoking cessation from healthcare providers and attempted and successfully quit smoking. Methods used to quit smoking were also examined. Methods: Data from the Cancer Control Module of the 2000 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed using SUDAAN software. COPD cases were identified by asking adults if they had ever been told of having emphysema or chronic bronchitis (or both) by a healthcare provider. Analyses were restricted to 693 adults ³ 25 years who had COPD and were currently smoking or smoked during the past twelve months. Results: Of persons with COPD, 39.2% were current or past-year smokers. Among those smokers who had seen a doctor in the past year, 77.1% were advised to quit smoking during the past year. Of those smokers who received advice, 56.7% attempted to quit smoking, and of those, only 17.1% were successful. The majority of current smokers with COPD (77.3%) reported wanting to quit smoking, but only 56.9% of them attempted to quit during the past year. For both those who attempted and those who quit, stopping all at once was the most common method used. Less than 10% used medications as a method to quit. Conclusions: This study suggests that nearly one-quarter of persons with COPD did not receive smoking cessation advice from their healthcare providers. Despite the many strategies in place to encourage smoking cessation, most are not widely used.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.