Lincoln Thomas, Tuthill Robert W, Roberts Cheryl A, Kennedy Sofia, Hammett Theodore M, Langmore-Avila Elizabeth, Conklin Thomas J
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
J Correct Health Care. 2009 Jul;15(3):190-6. doi: 10.1177/1078345809333388. Epub 2009 Apr 29.
Approximately 70% of incarcerated people smoke tobacco, and an estimated 12% of all smokers in the United States leave correctional facilities annually. Many facilities prohibit smoking, but no published study has measured the relapse to tobacco after release. In a study of 200 people with chronic health conditions reentering the community from jail, 165 (83%) were cigarette smokers. Of these, 129 were interviewed at 1 and/or 6 months after release. Self-reported sustained abstinence rates were 37.3% at the end of the first day, 17.7% for the first week, 13.7% for 1 month, and 3.1% for 6 months. These abstinence rates are lower than those reported after military basic training and medical hospitalization but similar to rates after inpatient psychiatric and addiction programs. More efforts and resources are needed to determine successful tobacco cessation interventions during incarceration and after release.
大约70%的在押人员吸烟，据估计，美国所有吸烟者中有12%每年离开惩教机构。许多设施禁止吸烟，但尚无已发表的研究测量过释放后烟草复吸情况。在一项针对200名从监狱重新进入社区的慢性健康状况患者的研究中，165人（83%）为吸烟者。其中，129人在释放后1个月和/或6个月接受了访谈。自我报告的持续戒烟率在第一天结束时为37.3%，第一周为17.7%，1个月为13.7%，6个月为3.1%。这些戒烟率低于军事基础训练和住院治疗后的报告率，但与住院精神科和成瘾项目后的比率相似。需要更多的努力和资源来确定在监禁期间和释放后成功的戒烟干预措施。
