title: Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To expand understanding of a smoking cessation barrier for women, weight concerns, in a medically underserved population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline weight concerns were examined among 235 low-income, black maternal smokers enrolled in a smoking trial. Logistic regression evaluated factors related to weight concerns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Higher BMI (OR 3.35, P < .001), intention to quit (OR 2.12, P = .02), more previous quit attempts (OR 1.14, P = .03), and less support for quitting (OR 0.81, P = .05) predicted weight concerns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first study to delineate factors predicting weight concerns in this population, thus expanding our understanding of a key cessation barrier and informing future cessation strategies in a population known to bear increased risk of tobacco-related disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health & Pediatrics, Health Behavior Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. collinsb@temple.edu
authors.forename: Bradley N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Melbourne F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hovell
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Audrain-McGovern