Changes in cigarette smoking after traumatic spinal cord injury

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Study identified changes in the prevalence of cigarette smoking approximately 1 year after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury (SCI). Self-report assessments were completed by 129 participants with SCI during initial inpatient rehabilitation and at an average follow-up of 489 days after injury. Results indicated that the prevalence of cigarette smoking declined from 36.4 percent at the time of SCI onset to 18.8 percent, and was not significantly different from the general population at follow-up. The results indicate that cigarette smoking rates decrease significantly in the first 16 months after SCI onset. This presents a window of opportunity for rehabilitation psychologists to initiate smoking cessation to reduce smoking rates and improve the health of people with SCI.

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