Lauren Hunt and research team publish in JGIM

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP, Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH, Edie Espejo, MA, Irena Cenzer, PhD, Heather Leutwyler, RN, PhD, NP, Alexandra Lee, PhD, MSPH, John Boscardin, PhD, and Janine Cataldo, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN (posthumous) published an article “The Epidemiology of Smoking in Older Adults: A National Cohort Study” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. They found that smoking prevalence among older persons declined from 16% in 1998 to 11% in 2018 and over half of older smokers surviving to age 90 are able to successfully quit smoking. These findings highlight the need for continued aggressive efforts at tobacco cessation among older persons. This article was the last senior-authored article by Janine Cataldo, who died in 2021. Dr. Cataldo devoted her career to studying smoking and smoking cessation among older adults.