title: An evidence-based cessation strategy using rural smokers' experiences with tobacco.
abstract: Little is known about the most effective strategies to motivate rural smokers to quit. This article describes the personal narratives of current and former smokers living in an economically distressed, rural area of Appalachian Kentucky. Three categories emerged: personal motivators to quit smoking, external influences, pride of place. Capturing personal narratives represents an evidence-based, data-rich strategy for development of culturally sensitive, population-based interventions for rural smokers. Such strategies may be effective in reaching rural smokers and motivating them to quit, thereby reducing tobacco-related disease and premature death in rural, economically distressed communities.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, 423 CON Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Karen.Butler@uky.edu
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hedgecock
authors.forename: Rachael A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Record
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derifield
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGinn
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Ellen J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D033262:Narration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012423:Rural Health; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States