title: Specifying cigarette smoking and quitting among people with serious mental illness.
abstract: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have a high prevalence of cigarette smoking. Details of their smoking and quitting behaviors are needed to create effective interventions. This study aims to describe the smoking and quitting histories, current behaviors, and motivations of an outpatient sample of smokers with SMI. A structured interview and Breathalyzer assessment were administered to 120 smokers from four diverse mental health settings. Participants' smoking and quitting self-report data are presented in combination with demographic and clinical variables; the results provide implications for smoking cessation, amelioration, and prevention interventions and for future research.
authors.affiliation: Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, 685 West Baltimore Street, MSTF Building Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. alucksted@psych.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucksted
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Postrado
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreyenbuhl
authors.forename: Lisa B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide