%0 Journal Article
%T The smoking behaviors of incarcerated smokers
%A Andrea Reid
%A Daniel Mackey
%A Nicholas Acuna
%A Pamela Valera
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2055102918819930
%X To determine smoking behaviors, quit attempts, and cessation preferences among incarcerated smokers, a cross-sectional survey was given to a sample of inmates from three state prison facilities in the United States. A majority of Black smokers (62%) identified as smokers, and 38% identified as ex-smokers, as compared to 46.4£¿percent of smokers (and 53.6% of ex-smokers) in the non-Black group. There were significant differences in the number of cigarettes smoked per day with non-Black smokers smoking one pack (M£¿=£¿20.44, standard deviation£¿=£¿15.86) than Black smokers (M£¿=£¿14.49, standard deviation£¿=£¿13.43; t£¿=£¿£¿2.50, p£¿=£¿0.014). Smoking cessation interventions are needed to reduce smoking during incarceration
%K Black men
%K health
%K incarceration
%K prisons
%K tobacco
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102918819930