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Stop smoking advice by physicians: a feasible approach?

Year: 1987

Type: article

Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial

Abstract: To understand the effect of brief stop smoking advice by physicians, we conducted a randomized clinical trial in 258 smokers. After three months, 8.8 per cent of the intervention group and 6.8 per cent of the control group had become nonsmokers. The intervention group also reported significantly more attempts to quit and/or cut down. At follow-up, only 60 per cent recalled receiving a smoking message and only 85 per cent of these perceived it as a message to quit.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.77.7.849

Authors: A R Folsom, R H Grimm

Institution: University of Minnesota, Duluth

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: American Heart Association