Smoking Quit Attempts and Associated Factors Among Rural Adults Who Smoke Daily in the US.

Along with higher smoking rates and lower quitting attempts, rural communities face limited access to programs, medication, and health care professionals as tools to help them quit smoking. Public Health initiatives should focus on developing cultural sensitivity training targeting health care professionals to advise patients to quit smoking and the role of multiple tobacco products use. Furthermore, given the low rates of smoking quitting attempts future mixed methods research is needed to inform policies and interventions targeted at eliminating tobacco-related health disparities.