Repeated participation in hospital smoking cessation services and its effectiveness in smoking cessation: a seven-year observational study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate repeated participation in hospital smoking cessation services and its related factors and to explore the correlation between the frequency of participation and its effectiveness in smoking cessation. This study uniquely follows participants over a seven-year period after the removal of financial barriers, with a maximum charge of TWD 200 (USD 6.4) for cessation medications in Taiwan.

Methods

A secondary analysis of data from a regional teaching hospital in Central Taiwan was conducted, utilizing the database of the Smoking Cessation Therapy Management Center of Health Promotion Administration and the hospital's documentation from 2013 to 2019. Successful smoking cessation was defined as a non-smoking status at the six-month

SUBMITTER: Yang PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667918 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature