TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking-related social interactions as experienced by persons who smoked long-term
AU - Draucker, Claire Burke
AU - Rawl, Susan M.
AU - Vode, Emilee
AU - Fields, Matthew
AU - Elkins, Candice
AU - Morgan, Olivia
AU - Perez, Sara R.
AU - Straber, Lucy
AU - Carter-Harris, Lisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Purpose/Aims: Smoking-related stigma is manifested in the everyday social interactions of persons who smoke and can result in low self-esteem, diminished self-efficacy, and resistance to smoking cessation. The purpose of this studywas to describe smoking-related social interactions as experienced by persons with a history of long-term smoking. Design: This study used a qualitative descriptive approach. Methods: This study is part of a larger study designed to identify factors that influence lung cancer screening participation. Data were drawn from 39 qualitative interviews with persons from the parent study. All descriptions about smoking-related social interactions found in the narratives were extracted, coded, categorized, and summarized with content analytic techniques. Results: Seven different types of social interactions were identified: (a) being looked down on for smoking, (b) being humiliated for smoking in public, (c) being banished while smoking, (d) being blamed for one's health problems, (e) not "really" being blamed for smoking, (f ) being told "just quit," and (g) being worried about hurting others. Conclusions: Clinical nurse specialists should promote antismoking campaigns that are not stigmatizing, discuss health risks of smoking in a respectful manner, provide evidence-based cessation resources, improve communication with persons who smoke, and address stigma in programs to improve screening for smoking-related illnesses.
AB - Purpose/Aims: Smoking-related stigma is manifested in the everyday social interactions of persons who smoke and can result in low self-esteem, diminished self-efficacy, and resistance to smoking cessation. The purpose of this studywas to describe smoking-related social interactions as experienced by persons with a history of long-term smoking. Design: This study used a qualitative descriptive approach. Methods: This study is part of a larger study designed to identify factors that influence lung cancer screening participation. Data were drawn from 39 qualitative interviews with persons from the parent study. All descriptions about smoking-related social interactions found in the narratives were extracted, coded, categorized, and summarized with content analytic techniques. Results: Seven different types of social interactions were identified: (a) being looked down on for smoking, (b) being humiliated for smoking in public, (c) being banished while smoking, (d) being blamed for one's health problems, (e) not "really" being blamed for smoking, (f ) being told "just quit," and (g) being worried about hurting others. Conclusions: Clinical nurse specialists should promote antismoking campaigns that are not stigmatizing, discuss health risks of smoking in a respectful manner, provide evidence-based cessation resources, improve communication with persons who smoke, and address stigma in programs to improve screening for smoking-related illnesses.
KW - Qualitative descriptive
KW - Smoking
KW - Stigma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092678338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000555
DO - 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000555
M3 - Article
C2 - 33009116
SN - 0887-6274
VL - 34
SP - 282
EP - 289
JO - Clinical Nurse Specialist
JF - Clinical Nurse Specialist
IS - 6
ER -
