Empowering smokers with a web-assisted tobacco intervention to use prescription smoking cessation medications: a feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Varenicline and bupropion, efficacious smoking cessation medications, have had suboptimal impact due to barriers at the patient, practitioner and system level. This study explored the feasibility of a web-assisted tobacco intervention offering free prescription smoking cessation medication by mail if the smoker visited a physician for authorization.

Methods

Adult Ontarians, smoking at least 10 cigarettes daily, intending to quit within 30 days, with no contraindications to bupropion or varenicline were eligible. After an online assessment, eligible participants received an electronic personalized printable prescription form for a 12-week course of varenicline or bupropion to bring to a physician within 3 weeks for authorization, if appropriate. The physician's off

SUBMITTER: Selby P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4590254 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature