Long-term follow-up of a high- and a low-intensity smoking cessation intervention in a dental setting--a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achieving lifelong tobacco abstinence is an important public health goal. Most studies use 1-year follow-ups, but little is known about how good these are as proxies for long-term and life-long abstinence. Also, intervention intensity is an important issue for development of efficient and cost-effective cessation treatment protocols.The study aims were to assess the long-term effectiveness of a high- and a low-intensity treatment (HIT and LIT) for smoking cessation and to analyze to what extent 12-month abstinence predicted long-term abstinence.

Methods

300 smokers attending dental or general health care were randomly assigned to HIT or LIT at the public dental clinic. Main outcome measures were self-reported point prevalence, continuous abstinence (≥6 months), an

SUBMITTER: Nohlert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3693879 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature