title: Women helping chewers: partner support and smokeless tobacco cessation.
abstract: Data from 363 male smokeless tobacco users and their romantic partners were analyzed to discern the role of support in cessation. Women reported playing a part in enrollment (71%), and more than half examined program materials or discussed cessation activities with the chewers. Women's reports of delivered support correlated substantially with men's experience of received support. Men's received positive support predicted abstinence at 6-month follow-up (odds ratio = 1.29, confidence interval = 1.03-1.61) and more than 24 hr of abstinence for those still using tobacco at 6 months (odds ratio = 1.75, confidence interval = 1.30-2.36) and moderated the effect of baseline depression and addiction on abstinence. Women played a major role through all stages of cessation.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, Eugene 97403-1983, USA. ed@ori.org
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barckley
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Akers
authors.forename: Herbert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Severson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*