Effect of offering different levels of support and free nicotine replacement therapy via an English national telephone quitline: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the effects of free nicotine replacement therapy or proactive telephone counselling in addition to standard smoking cessation support offered through a telephone quitline.

Design

Parallel group, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised controlled trial.

Setting

National quitline, England.

Participants

2591 non-pregnant smokers aged 16 or more residing in England who called the quitline between February 2009 and February 2010 and agreed to set a quit date: 648 were each randomised to standard support, proactive support, or proactive support with nicotine replacement therapy, and 647 were randomised to standard support with nicotine replacement therapy.

Interventions

Two interventions were offered in addition to standard support: six weeks' nicotin

SUBMITTER: Ferguson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3311694 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature