Smoking and Tobacco-Free Policies in Women's Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: A Community-Engaged Approach.

摘要: Introduction The purpose of this study was to (1) describe the role smoking in lives women residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and (2) explore perceptions facilitators barriers tobacco-free policy among SUD treatment. Methods This a community-engaged using qualitative descriptive methods. We first recruited facility participate on community research team. Interviews with staff (N = 10) focus groups clients 42) were conducted guides informed by analyzed content analysis. Results There two themes related women's lives: facilitates socialization as coping mechanism. three benefits policy: improved health, support for continued abstinence from previous placement (eg, prison), (3) less grounds up-keep. Barriers included lack an alternative mechanism smoking, fear that would drive away, anticipation implementation challenges. Conclusions Many smoke, which they attribute fact is used facilitate cope stress. Future needed develop test messages counter misperception effective method Ultimately, evidence-based policies are reduce tobacco-related disease SUDs. Implications To promote cessation disorders through tobacco policy, it necessary understand their well facilities. Participants reported facilitated served Tobacco-free have many benefits, including include mechanism, away burden morbidity mortality children, catalyze culture change behavioral health settings prioritize alongside other addictions.