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2742440

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
Periodic health examinations are an excellent opportunity to counsel smokers to quit. The impact of a specialized smoking cessation counselor on the smoking behavior of patients having periodic health examinations was studied in a general internal medicine practice. One hundred fifty-five smokers having periodic health examinations were randomly assigned to a control group who received usual physician advice or an intervention group who received usual physician advice and two counseling sessions with a smoking cessation counselor. The two groups were similar in all demographic variables, smoking-related baseline variables, and baseline levels of motivation and intention to quit smoking. The smoking status of 97% of the subjects was assessed 6 months later. In the intervention group, 46% made quit attempts and 19% quit, compared with 34% and 12%, respectively, in the control group. Intervention-group smokers made more quit attempts (mean +/- SD, 5.0 +/- 2.5 vs 1.8 +/- 0.2) and had a greater reduction in daily cigarette use (8.4 +/- 1.5 vs 3.5 +/- 1.3). Of the 74% of smokers with higher levels of motivation to quit smoking, more intervention-group smokers attempted to quit (70.8% vs 45.5%) and succeeded in quitting at the 6-month follow-up (27.1% vs 10.9%). Periodic health examinations are an excellent opportunity to counsel smokers to quit, especially those smokers with higher levels of motivation to quit smoking.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-9926
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1653-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Smoking cessation counseling during periodic health examinations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05401.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial