Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: (2000) BMJ 321, 355. Lancaster T, Stead L, Silagy C, et al, . for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group. . Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library. . Aug 5; . : . –8 . [OpenUrl][1][FREE Full Text][2] QUESTION: Are smoking cessation interventions effective? Reviews were identified by searching the Cochrane Library . Reviews were selected if they included randomised controlled trials of interventions to reduce or prevent tobacco use that had ≥6 months of follow up with outcomes of sustained abstinence or point prevalence stop rates. Extracted data included interventions and outcomes. 20 systematic reviews were available in the Cochrane Library . One review (including 31 trials and >26 000 participants who were smokers) examined simple advice given by doctors during routine care and showed that the intervention increased quit rates (weighted odds ratio [OR] 1.7, 95% CI 1.5 to 2.0). Another review of individual counselling given by nurses also showed increased stopping rates. Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation, in the forms of individual counselling (1 review) or group therapy (1 review), showed increased stopping rates. The review of individual counselling (9 trials) … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DBMJ%26rft.stitle%253DBMJ%26rft.issn%253D0007-1447%26rft.aulast%253DLancaster%26rft.auinit1%253DT.%26rft.volume%253D321%26rft.issue%253D7257%26rft.spage%253D355%26rft.epage%253D358%26rft.atitle%253DRegular%2Breview%253A%2BEffectiveness%2Bof%2Binterventions%2Bto%2Bhelp%2Bpeople%2Bstop%2Bsmoking%253A%2Bfindings%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCochrane%2BLibrary%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1136%252Fbmj.321.7257.355%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F10926597%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=bmj&resid=321/7257/355&atom=%2Febmed%2F6%2F2%2F43.atom
Source: BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.6.2.43
Author: R. Luckmann
Institution: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2088966646