Koori Quit Pack: A Feasibility Study of a Multi-Component Mailout Smoking Cessation Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: "I Would Recommend it to Anybody. It's Just so Much Easier."

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Aims and methods

The Koori Quit Pack study aimed to assess the feasibility of a multi-component mailout smoking cessation intervention to reduce smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A non-randomized, single-group feasibility study was conducted among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who reported current smoking. The intervention package included information pamphlets and resources on quitting, referral offer to Aboriginal Quitline and optional free Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT). Follow-up was conducted at 2-week, 6-week, 10-week, and 6-month post-recruitment. Feasibility outcomes were recruitment and retention rates, upt

SUBMITTER: Kennedy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11847770 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature