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  • Title: Changes in cigarette smoking, purchase patterns, and cessation-related behaviors among low-income smokers in New York State from 2002 to 2005.
    Author: Murphy JM, de Moreno SL, Cummings KM, Hyland A, Mahoney MC.
    Journal: J Public Health Manag Pract; 2010; 16(4):277-84. PubMed ID: 20520365.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This study characterized longitudinal changes in cigarette smoking and purchase and cessation patterns among low-income smokers in New York State. DESIGN: Longitudinal tobacco use surveys were conducted in 2002 and 2005. Responses from the 2002 and 2005 surveys were compared among participants who completed both surveys. SETTING: New York State. PARTICIPANTS: Adult low-income smokers (n = 274) were recruited from the Department of Social Services office in Erie County, New York, in 2002 and recontacted in 2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: These included cigarette smoking, cessation and purchase behaviors, awareness and use of the Quitline, and participation in tobacco industry promotions during the 3-year follow-up period. RESULTS: During the 3-year follow-up period, 37 participants (13.5%) stopped smoking. Among smokers, the average number of daily cigarettes smoked decreased from 16.1 to 13.7 cigarettes (P < .01). There were significant increases in the proportion of smokers who reported that they had ever used a stop smoking medication (26.6% to 51.9%), had ever heard of the Quitline (32.5% to 73.0%), or had ever called the Quitline (4.2% to 11.0%). There was an increase in the use of tobacco industry coupons (41.1% to 59.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that state and local tobacco control policies and programs are being increasingly utilized by this population; however, tobacco company price promotions are also being increasingly used, offsetting the public health benefit of the tobacco control policies and programs in this low-income population.
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