A Self-Help Intervention for African American Smokers

African American adults have one of the highest smoking rates and one of the lowest quit rates in the US, with disproportionately high rates of morbidity and mortality from tobacco-caused disease.  African American smokers are no less likely to make serious quit attempts, but are more likely to quit "on their own", without the benefit of evidence-based treatments that could double their quit rates. Two decades of research have shown favorable results with treatments that combine self-help materials with brief telephone cessation counseling. At the time of this study, the Cancer Information Service (CIS), sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, offered an effective population-based strategy for assisting smokers in diverse socio-demographic groups to acquire the motivation, skills, and support needed to quit smoking and remain nonsmokers.  Similar services are now provided through a national network of state quitlines accessible through a single portal: 1-800-QUIT-NOW.  However, African American smokers tend to underutilize these evidence-based quit-smoking help lines. African Americans' distinctive smoking patterns (e.g., daily smoking rate, menthol, high tar/nicotine cigarettes), and the unique quitting motives and barriers and cultural values in the African American community (e.g., lack of information about how smoking harms health, stronger smoking norms, pervasive targeted advertising, higher life stress) can be effectively addressed through tailored, culturally-appropriate quitline promotions, materials and evidence-based counseling.

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