Young adult smokers less likely to seek treatments
Pulse
Janet Moulis
Issue date: 7/9/07 Section: Features
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"Receiving advice from health care providers, having higher educational attainment and having health insurance that might cover the cost of treatment are associated with using proven treatments," explains Susan Curry, Director of the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy.
"We don't know from this study whether the issue is lack of interest in treatment, lack of awareness of treatment, or lake of treatments that appeal to young adult smokes," explains Curry. "There's definitely room for more research to understand how we might spur demand for treatment among young adult smokers."
It must be noted, however, that nicotine addiction is both physical and psychological. Veterans Affairs Family Practice Physician and UIUC Family Medicine Clinical Instructor Percival Moraleda, M.D. stresses that "the willpower to quit must be at the smoker's highest priority, and without this, the efficacy of all smoking cessation treatments are reduced significantly."
The present study was co-authored by Susan J. Curry, PhD, Amy K, Sporer, MA, Oksana Pugach, MPH, Richard T. Campbell, PhD and Sherry Emery, PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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"We don't know from this study whether the issue is lack of interest in treatment, lack of awareness of treatment, or lake of treatments that appeal to young adult smokes," explains Curry. "There's definitely room for more research to understand how we might spur demand for treatment among young adult smokers."
It must be noted, however, that nicotine addiction is both physical and psychological. Veterans Affairs Family Practice Physician and UIUC Family Medicine Clinical Instructor Percival Moraleda, M.D. stresses that "the willpower to quit must be at the smoker's highest priority, and without this, the efficacy of all smoking cessation treatments are reduced significantly."
The present study was co-authored by Susan J. Curry, PhD, Amy K, Sporer, MA, Oksana Pugach, MPH, Richard T. Campbell, PhD and Sherry Emery, PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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