International Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial yields 20% abstinence rates at 1 year.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are 1.1 billion smokers worldwide. Traditional smoking cessation methods, such as nicotine replacement therapy and smoking cessation groups, yield between 14% and 27% abstinence rates at 6 months. Evidence-based Internet interventions with comparable abstinence rates could be a powerful global tool to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.

Methods

We report a randomized control trial in which 500 Spanish-speaking and 500 English-speaking adult Internet users, smoking at least 5 cigarettes/day and intending to quit in the next month, were recruited online from 68 countries. Consenting participants who completed baseline measures, logged cigarettes smoked on 3 days within a week, and set a quit date were randomized to four conditions. Each condition

SUBMITTER: Munoz RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725004 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature