Proactive telephone counseling as an adjunct to minimal intervention for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis

Proactive telephone counseling is an effective adjunct to minimal intervention for smoking cessation, but its effect has not been quantitatively synthesized thoroughly. The present meta-analysis reviewed 22 studies published between January 1990 and December 2003 and found that there was a heterogeneous, significant adjunct effect of proactive telephone counseling for smoking cessation. This meta-analytic review also found that the following study characteristics explained most of the variation in the adjunct effect: year of publication, follow-up time, mean age of participants, proportion of female participants, participants' readiness to quit smoking and number of cigarettes smoked per day before intervention. In other words, based on the 22 studies, proactive telephone counseling is effective as an adjunct to other minimal interventions for younger, male, light-smoking participants. The results of this meta-analytic review imply that researchers and health care providers may need to focus on participants as much as on intervention process to obtain more effective interventions.     

Stages of change and other factors in 'light' cigarette smokers

BACKGROUND: It has become well known that 'light' cigarettes are deceiving in fostering the attitude that they are 'safer' or less health damaging than regular cigarettes. The goal of this study is to analyse the smoking of 'light' cigarettes according to the progress over the stages of change to stop or reduce smoking. METHODS: A sample representing the general population of a northern German region aged 18 to 64 was drawn (T1, N=4075). 1520 smokers of 'light' and regular cigarettes were identified by a face-to-face interview and reassessed longitudinally by questionnaire 30 months later (T2, n=913). RESULTS: At baseline smokers of 'light' cigarettes, in particular males, were more likely to be contemplators or preparators in terms of smoking cessation. Those who smoked 'light' cigarettes were more likely to have made a quit attempt, were more likely to be female, at younger age, never married, higher educated and less nicotine dependent compared to smokers of regular cigarettes. The follow-up data shows that males who smoked 'light' before or changed to 'light' cigarettes were more likely to contemplate or to prepare quitting, had more often tried a quit attempt and stopped smoking more often. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that 'light' cigarettes especially by males are used for reasons of reducing or quitting smoking. It is concluded that as such they deceive the smoker and potentially hinder the process of reducing or quitting.     

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a family physician delivered smoking cessation program

OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to present a cost-effectiveness analysis of a smoking cessation program delivered by physicians and compare results to other smoking cessation interventions. METHODS: Retrospective effectiveness figures from a previous evaluation of the smoking cessation program were supplemented with estimates based on researched assumptions. Net abstinence rates were determined for smokers, depending on their stage of readiness to quit, that is, "prepared," "contemplative," and "precontemplative," leading to an assessment of the number of smokers achieving abstinence as a result of the Smokescreen intervention. Costs were calculated from the perspectives of smokers, family physicians, organizers, trainers, and all parties combined. Assumptions were varied with a sensitivity analysis. RESULTS: Baseline costs per additional abstainer were $183 based on physicians' intervention costs at 1995 prices. This is the figure most comparable to previously conducted economic evaluations of smoking cessation interventions. Sensitivity analysis varying the perspective and under optimistic and pessimistic assumptions about effectiveness produced a wide variety of estimates. The decision to include or exclude training costs had a particularly important bearing on the estimates. However, under reasonable assumptions the cost per additional quitter compares favorably to smoking and other medical and health care interventions worldwide. CONCLUSIONS: The program appears cost-effective when compared to other smoking cessation and health promotion interventions and illustrates the potential for retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis of interventions.     

Smoking cessation in pregnancy: do effective programmes exist?

Smoking has been described as the most important cause of poorpregnancy outcome in Western countries. None the less, evidenceindicates that health care providers do not routinely providesmoking cessation interventions to pregnant women. The US SurgeonGeneral has recommended that programmes to reduce smoking duringpregnancy should be expanded in the public and private sectors.A review of the literature located 20 controlled evaluationsof smoking cessation interventions in pregnancy. The studieswere rated using the methodological criteria outlined by Windsorand Orleans (1986). Twelve of the studies were judged methodologicallyinadequate and excluded from the review. The remaining studieswere found to support the efficacy of cognitive behaviouralsmoking cessation programmes in pregnancy. There was insufficientevidence to determine whether advice, feedback or nurse home-visitationprogrammes increased smoking cessation rates in pregnancy underideal conditions. None of the methodologically adequate cognitivebehavioural studies fulfilled the criteria necessary for a smokingcessation programme to be incorporated into routine antenatalcare. Importantly, in only two studies were the smoking cessationinterventions delivered by usual care doctors or midwives. Thefindings indicate that it is unsurprising that health care providersdo not routinely deliver smoking cessation programmes to pregnantsmokers. Future research and programme needs are discussed.     

Determinants of smoking and cessation during and after pregnancy.

Smoking during pregnancy is harmful to both the foetus and the woman herself. However, in spite of educational efforts, a substantial proportion of pregnant women continue to smoke and many women who do stop smoking during pregnancy resume smoking following childbirth. To foster successful maternal smoking cessation, public health professionals need to focus on the major determinants of smoking and cessation during and after pregnancy, and then to address these with their intervention efforts. It is important to review contemporary epidemiological evidence on this significant public health issue. We have identified nine cohort studies, published in international peer-reviewed journals, that have examined determinants of smoking and cessation in pregnant women. The results indicate that the determinants of pregnant smoking and cessation include maternal age, dose and duration of smoking, partner's smoking habit, socioeconomic status, level of education, age to start smoking, level of addiction, parity and passive smoking. However, many other psychosocial factors, which may affect smoking status among pregnant women, remain to be identified. Evidence reviewed here suggests that a more focused, integrated approach and a more comprehensive assessment of major determinants of smoking and cessation during pregnancy will be required as part of any future intervention effort.     

2016-2018年上海市戒烟门诊患者干预效果分析

【目的】了解上海市戒烟门诊就诊患者的一般情况、吸烟情况、戒烟情况以及1个月随访情况,为进一步有效开展戒烟门诊提供科学依据。【方法】调查2016年1月1日-2018年12月31日前往项目选定戒烟门诊就诊的841名吸烟者,并于1个月后完成725名患者的随访工作,利用SPSS软件分析收集到的相关数据。【结果】2018年就诊患者中91.3%为男性;50.6%年龄在35~55岁;57.1%学历程度在小学及以下;60.2%是企业,商业,服务业工作人员。44.1%的患者每天吸烟支数在10~20支;34.6%的患者烟龄在10~20年;38.6%的患者起床后5 min内吸第1支烟。72.1%的患者在前往戒烟门诊前尝试过戒烟;14.8%的患者使用过电子烟帮助戒烟;33.9%知晓戒烟门诊的途径是本医院医生的告知;61.4%决定戒烟的原因是关注自己和家人的健康。2018年戒烟门诊1个月的时点戒烟率为48.8%;44.0%的患者认为对戒烟帮助最大的关键是自己的决心;46.2%戒烟未成功患者认为,最大的阻碍是烟瘾发作。【结论】上海市戒烟门诊的开设能够帮助患者戒烟,但依然存在一些问题。针对前往戒烟门诊的患者特点,应及时找出戒烟门诊宣传上的薄弱点,例如女性、低文化水平以及务农职业的患者较少;依据患者吸烟的情况,切实提升戒烟门诊服务质量;找出戒烟门诊在提供再次戒烟服务过程中的切入点,更好地完善上海市戒烟门诊的建设工作。     

Brief intervention on maternal smoking: a randomized controlled trial

OBJECTIVES: To determine if mothers receiving a smoking cessation intervention emphasizing health risks of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) for their children have a higher quit rate than mothers who received routine smoking cessation advice, which focused on their own health, or a control group of mothers. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre. METHODS: Randomized control trial. A total of 363 mothers were randomly assigned to a smoking cessation intervention either aimed at their children's health (n = 111) or their own health (n = 131), or to a control group receiving no smoking cessation advice (n = 121). RESULTS: Provision to mothers of both groups of health risks of tobacco smoke resulted in significantly higher rate of cessation of smoking and smoking location change than those of the control group, with child intervention group having significantly higher rate of cessation of smoking and smoking location change than those of the maternal intervention group (P < 0.05). Post-intervention knowledge scores differed significantly for all groups; however, child intervention group was the only significantly better group than the others (P < 0.05). According to the multivariate analysis results, intervention grouping and presence of smoking friends were independent factors determining smoking cessation (P < 0.05). Intervention grouping, post-intervention knowledge, presence of other household members who smoked and family income were independent factors determining smoking location change (P < 0.05). Family income, intervention grouping and presence of smoking friends were significant independent factors influencing post-intervention knowledge (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Discussion during short paediatric visits on effects of smoking on child's or maternal health may result in a significant smoking cessation, smoking location change rate or knowledge change. Those who cannot give up smoking usually change their location of smoking. Provision of information on effects of smoking on child's health, rather than maternal, may result in more significant changes in behaviour or knowledge. Maternal education on smoking should include information on effects of smoking on both child's and maternal health, but should be especially focused on child's health.     

Contracting for smoking and pregnancy interventions: current practice across England

In order to understand the commissioning of smoking and pregnancy interventions across England prior to the implementation of the Government's national strategy, "Smoking Kills: A White Paper on Tobacco" in 1998, a postal survey was undertaken amongst all 96 Health Authorities (purchasers) and 207 Maternity Service Provider Units (providers) in England. The main outcome measures included the type and duration of contract agreements/service specifications, the level and nature of smoking and pregnancy interventions, barriers to commissioning smoking and pregnancy interventions, data collection and monitoring of activity and quality. A quarter of health authorities were encouraging smoking cessation through contract agreements. The level and complexity of contract agreements and service specifications varied tremendously. Existing smoking and pregnancy interventions were diverse and ad hoc. Data collection and monitoring were haphazard and inconsistent making cross-country comparisons difficult. The commissioning of smoking and pregnancy interventions across England during 1997 and 1998 appeared to be inadequately prioritised. These findings offer a benchmark for observing changes in practice following the recent change of government policy.     

中国六城市医务人员戒烟服务的效果评价

目的评价6个城市医务人员提供戒烟服务的实施效果,探讨我国医务人员戒烟服务的工作模式。方法在北京、上海、天津、长沙、深圳和濮阳6个城市7个社区的所有医疗机构负责人和医务人员做戒烟服务研究,进行现场问卷调查。结果干预后共有25家医疗机构开展戒烟服务。医务人员对烟草危害相关知识的知晓率增加了12.8%(P<0.05),掌握戒烟方法和技巧的比例增加了9.2%(P<0.05),主动向病人提供戒烟服务的比例增加了7.3%(P<0.05)。结论培训不但是提高医护人员烟草相关知识和促进医护人员主动提供戒烟服务的有效措施,而且是其获得戒烟方法和技能的有效途径。     

Effects of a population-based smoking cessation programme on smoking in pregnancy.

A controlled study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a low-intensity population-based smoking cessation programme in maternity care clinics. Quitting smoking during pregnancy was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire and verified by hair nicotine concentration. In the intervention area, 58/306 women (19.0%) reported quitting smoking during pregnancy whereas in the reference area the numbers were 22/152 (14.5%) (difference = 4.5%, 95% confidence interval: -2.6%-11.6%). The intervention group indicated that they received more information on adverse effects of smoking, studied the material more actively, and felt that material from maternity care influenced their smoking behaviour more than the reference group.