Pediatrician-Delivered Smoking-Cessation Messages for Parents: An Update.

Clinicians who care for children and adolescents are well positioned to help parents quit smoking, the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the US. Understanding parents... preferences for smoking-cessation messages may help clinicians tailor interventions to increase the likelihood of quitting. A concept from behavioral economics, called message framing, can be leveraged to motivate adult smokers to quit and may help motivate parents to quit. 1 Jenssen B.P. Kelly M.K. Faerber J. et al. Pediatrician delivered smoking cessation messages for parents: a latent class approach to behavioral phenotyping. Acad Pediatr. 2021; 21: 129-138https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.07.018 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (5) Google Scholar In our study, ..úPediatrician Delivered Smoking Cessation Messages for Parents: A Latent Class Approach to Behavioral Phenotyping,..Ñ using a discrete choice experiment and latent class analysis, we identified subgroups of parents who smoke with preferences for certain types of motivational messages: messages focused on the impact of smoking on the child, messages that were gain-framed rather than loss-framed messages (emphasizing benefits of engaging over costs of failing to engage in treatment), and messages focused on the financial impact of smoking. 1 Jenssen B.P. Kelly M.K. Faerber J. et al. Pediatrician delivered smoking cessation messages for parents: a latent class approach to behavioral phenotyping. Acad Pediatr. 2021; 21: 129-138https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.07.018 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (5) Google Scholar We proposed that future work should explore how to best incorporate these messages into clinical practice as well as examine the relationship between tailored messages and subsequent behavior change. Since the publication of our study, others have expanded their work in this field. In this progress report, we consider our study...s findings within the context of other studies published since January 2021, when we submitted our manuscript for publication, and discuss 1) tailored content to help individuals who smoke quit, 2) methods to create a new system for smoking cessation for parents of pediatric patients, and 3) preliminarily evaluation of this new system in clinical practice.