Smoking-Cessation Methods and Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors

Abstract

Continued cigarette smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with reduced effectiveness of cancer treatment and increased risk of recurrence, 1 HHSThe Health Consequences of smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, Atlanta, GA2014https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179276/Date accessed: December 27, 2019 Google Scholar leading to increased costs. 2 Warren GW Cartmell KB Garrett-Mayer E Salloum RG Cummings KM Attributable failure of first-line cancer treatment and incremental costs associated with smoking by patients with cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2019; 2e191703 https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1703 Crossref PubMed Scopus (32) Google Scholar Smoking cessation is recommended to cancer survivors by the U.S. Surgeon general 3 HHSSmoking Cessation. A Report of the Surgeon General. HHS, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, Atlanta, GA2020https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2020-cessation-sgr-full-report.pdfDate accessed: December 27, 2019 Google Scholar and all major professional and advocacy groups in oncology and has been referred to as the fourth pillar of cancer care, along with surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. 4 Fiore MC D'Angelo H Baker T Effective cessation treatment for patients with cancer who smoke -the fourth pillar of cancer care. JAMA Netw Open. 2019; 2e1912264 https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12264 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar Despite extant information on tobacco treatment among patients with cancer in clinical trials, a knowledge gap exists in the patterns of smoking cessation among cancer survivors at the population level. This cross-sectional analysis examines smoking-cessation attempts, methods, and their outcomes on the basis of retrospective reports of U.S. adult cancer survivors who were past-year smokers.