A community pharmacist-led smoking cessation intervention using a smartphone app (PharmQuit): A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: WHO supports the harnessing of mobile technologies to improve access to smoking cessation services. As such, this study evaluated the effectiveness of smoking cessation services provided by community pharmacists using PharmQuit compared with standard care. The study was a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial that included 156 participants who were 18 years or older and smoked at least one cigarette daily for a month, were ready to quit, willing to participate, and had a smartphone. The study was performed at seven community pharmacies in three provinces in Thailand. Participants were allocated to the intervention (n = 78) and control groups (n = 78). Both groups received the usual smoking cessation services with pharmacotherapy and counseling from community pharmacists for

SUBMITTER: Asayut N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8963551 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature