Impact of a brief motivational smoking cessation intervention the Get PHIT randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have rigorously evaluated whether providing biologically based health-risk feedback is more effective than standard interventions in increasing smokers' motivation to quit and their long-term abstinence.

Design

An RCT was conducted from 2005 to 2008. Data were analyzed in 2008.

Setting/participants

Smokers (N=536) were recruited from the community, regardless of their interest in quitting smoking.

Intervention

Smokers either received brief ( approximately 20 minutes), personally tailored counseling sessions based on their lung functioning, carbon monoxide (CO) exposure, and smoking-related health conditions, or they received generic smoking-risk information and personalized counseling about their diet, BMI, and physical activity. All were

SUBMITTER: McClure JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2889910 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature