Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy and Quitline support before elective surgery: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether offering free mailed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and telephone counselling to smokers on elective surgery waiting lists increases quitting before surgery.

Design, setting

Randomised, controlled trial at Frankston Hospital, a public tertiary referral hospital in Melbourne.

Participants

Adult smokers added to elective surgery waiting lists for operations at least ten days in the future, 1 April 2019 - 3 April 2020.

Intervention

In addition to normal care, intervention participants received a brochure on the risks of low frequency smoking, an offer of Quitline call-back registration, and an offer of mailed NRT according to reported daily smoking: 1-9 cigarettes/day, 2 mg lozenges; 10-15/day, 7-14 mg patches [three weeks] and 2 mg

SUBMITTER: Webb AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314866 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature