Addressing weight gain in smoking cessation treatment: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) addressing cessation-related weight concerns delivered via a tobacco quitline that does not address weight concerns.

Design

Randomized controlled trial, blinded 6-month follow-up.

Setting

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline (OKHL).

Subjects

All 7998 smokers who called the OKHL were screened; 4240 were eligible; 2000 were randomized to the standard quitline (STD) or the brief version of the CBT weight concerns program (WCP).

Intervention

Telephone counseling to help people quit smoking and address concerns about cessation-related weight gain.

Measures

Demographics, weight, tobacco status, weight concerns, self-efficacy in quitting, and quitting without weight gain.

Analysi

SUBMITTER: Bush T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147975 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature