Ahalt Cyrus, Buisker Timothy, Myers Janet, Williams Brie
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Epidemiology Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Tob Use Insights. 2019 Mar 12;12:1179173X19833357. doi: 10.1177/1179173X19833357. eCollection 2019.
In jails and prisons worldwide, older adults are among the fastest growing demographic groups. Criminal justice-involved populations smoke tobacco at high rates. Older adults are also disproportionate smokers and have more difficulty quitting smoking than other age groups. Yet, little is known about tobacco use or knowledge and attitudes toward smoking cessation among the growing population of incarcerated older adults.
A descriptive, cross-sectional survey study of 102 adults aged 55 years or older recently incarcerated in an urban jail using items from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).
More than 70% of participants reported being current smokers despite strong knowledge (95%) of the connection between smoking and serious illness. More than half of current smokers reported a past failed quit attempt (62%) and/or said they would like to quit (60%).
High rates of tobacco use in this population suggest that correctional institutions represent a critical site for the delivery of appropriate smoking cessation interventions to older adults, including integrated treatment approaches for those with co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses.
在全球范围内的监狱中，老年人是人口增长最快的群体之一。涉及刑事司法的人群吸烟率很高。老年人也是比例过高的吸烟者，并且比其他年龄组更难戒烟。然而，对于日益增多的被监禁老年人中的烟草使用情况以及对戒烟的知识和态度，我们知之甚少。
使用全球成人烟草调查（GATS）的项目，对102名年龄在55岁及以上、最近被关押在城市监狱中的成年人进行了一项描述性横断面调查研究。
尽管有95%的参与者清楚了解吸烟与严重疾病之间的联系，但仍有超过70%的参与者报告称自己目前仍在吸烟。超过一半的当前吸烟者报告过去有过戒烟失败的尝试（62%）和/或表示他们想要戒烟（60%）。
该人群中烟草使用率很高，这表明惩教机构是为老年人提供适当戒烟干预措施的关键场所，包括为同时患有行为健康诊断的人提供综合治疗方法。
