title: Women helping chewers: Effects of partner support on 12-month tobacco abstinence in a smokeless tobacco cessation trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Social support has been relatively unstudied in smokeless tobacco cessation research; partner support could encourage quitting, buffer the stress of quitting and withdrawal, and counteract tobacco cues.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 12-month follow-up data, we examined the impact of social support provided by female partners (n = 328) of male participants in a smokeless tobacco cessation program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ratio of positive support to negative support that participants reported receiving from their partners was significantly related to point prevalence 12-month tobacco abstinence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.11-1.84, p < .01)-a finding consistent with the 6-month follow-up-and it was related to repeated point prevalence tobacco abstinence at both 6 and 12 months (OR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.09-1.88, p < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These 12-month follow-up results provide additional evidence that partner support can help encourage long-term tobacco abstinence among participants in smokeless tobacco cessation programs.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. briand@ori.org
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Danaher
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Herbert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Severson
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Akers
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barckley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation