title: Incorporating a Smoking Cessation Intervention into Lung Cancer Screening Programs: Preliminary Studies.
abstract: Two preliminary studies assessed whether telephone counseling (TC) is a feasible smoking cessation intervention following lung cancer screening. Seven older smokers undergoing lung cancer screening (pack years = 61.5) completed three TC sessions, which incorporated the screening result as motivation to quit. Participation (87.5%) and retention (85.7%) rates were good, and four smokers quit smoking (three of whom received abnormal results). We conducted four focus groups with 16 current and former older smokers (pack years = 55). Most believed that an abnormal scan would motivate them to quit and expressed interest in TC. TC may be feasible and potentially efficacious within lung screening programs.
authors.affiliation: a Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Charlotte J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hagerman
authors.affiliation: a Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Catherine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tomko
authors.affiliation: a Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Cassandra A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.affiliation: b Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Jenna A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: c The Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy Foundation , Washington , DC , USA.|d Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD , USA.|e Department of Oncology , Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.affiliation: b Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: a Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center , Washington , DC , USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D013689:Telephone
keywords: focus groups; lung cancer screening; smoking cessation; teachable moment; telephone counseling