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New RA diagnosis prompts patients to quit smoking

Publish date:: March 8, 2020

Key clinical point: Health system factors can have a significant impact on smoking cessation in patients with RA.

Major finding: Patients who were new to rheumatology care were 60% more likely to quit smoking; those in rural community health systems were 66% more likely to quit.

Study details: A retrospective analysis of the EHRs of 3,577 adults with RA in two health systems, one urban and one rural.

Disclosures: The study was supported by the Rheumatology Research Foundation, the University of Wisconsin Medical Scientist Training Program, and the University of Wisconsin Clinical and Translational Science Award. The authors did not report any financial conflicts of interest.

Citation:

Schletzbaum M et al. Arthritis Care Res. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.1002/ACR.24154.

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