Prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of smoking cessation treatments used in the "real world".

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the "real-world" effectiveness of commonly used aids to smoking cessation in England by using longitudinal data.

Patients and methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study in 1560 adult smokers who participated in an English national household survey in the period from November 2006 to March 2012, responded to a 6-month follow-up survey, and made at least 1 quit attempt between the 2 measurements. The quitting method was classified as follows: (1) prescription medication (nicotine replacement therapy [NRT], bupropion, or varenicline) in combination with specialist behavioral support delivered by a National Health Service Stop Smoking Service; (2) prescription medication with brief advice; (3) NRT bought over the counter; (4) none of these. The primary

SUBMITTER: Kotz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194355 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature