Motivational, reduction and usual care interventions for smokers who are not ready to quit: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To test whether, in comparison to usual care, brief motivational or reduction interventions increase quit attempts (QA) or abstinence among smokers who are not ready to quit.

Design

A parallel-group randomized controlled trial of brief motivational (n = 185), reduction (n = 186) or usual care (n = 189) telephone interventions delivered over the course of 4 weeks. Outcomes were assessed at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. No medication was provided.

Setting

United States.

Participants

A total of 560 adult smokers of ≥ 10 cigarettes per day who were not ready to quit in the next 30 days.

Measurements

The primary outcomes were whether participants made a QA that lasted ≥ 24 hours and whether they made a QA of any length between baseline and 6 months. Second

SUBMITTER: Klemperer EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5152625 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature