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A second look at the effects of supportive follow-up on smoking cessation.

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: In 1982 a report in CMAJ (1982; 126: 127-129) indicated that the addition of supportive follow-up appointments in a family practice increased the 6-month cigarette abstinence rate from 12% to 23%. We reanalysed the data by means of recognized standards for treatment success and found little evidence that the treatment had any reliable effect on attempts to quit that lasted at least 3 months: 8.5% and 4.8% of the groups with and without supportive follow-up respectively abstained for more than 3 months. We discuss a problem of the experimental design (longer evaluative follow-up for the control group than for the treatment group) and cost-benefit issues.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: L T Kozlowski, A Page

Institution: University of Toronto

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2148347190

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Cites: 8

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10