Review: advice from doctors and nurses, behavioural interventions, nicotine replacement treatment, and several pharmacological treatments increase smoking cessation rates

Group therapy was more effective than self help materials, but was not more effective than interventions involving personal contact. 1 review of aversion therapy (24 trials), in which the pleasurable stimulus of smoking was paired with an unpleasant stimulus, found little evidence of beneficial effe...

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Published inBMJ mental health Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 16
Main Author Luckmann, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Royal College of Psychiatrists and British Psychological Society 01.02.2001
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Antidepressants
Counseling
Hypnotherapy
Medical research
Nicotine
Nurses
R&D
Research & development
Self help
Smoking cessation
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Summary:Group therapy was more effective than self help materials, but was not more effective than interventions involving personal contact. 1 review of aversion therapy (24 trials), in which the pleasurable stimulus of smoking was paired with an unpleasant stimulus, found little evidence of beneficial effect. 1 review showed that self help interventions had no additional benefit over brief personal advice, but were more effective than no intervention (weighted OR 1.2, CI 1.0 to 1.5).
Bibliography:istex:743F20C8473C5359ED0394AC32FE84AE22391C78
(2000) BMJ 321, 355. Lancaster T, Stead L, Silagy C, et al, for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group. . Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library.. Aug 5;. :. –8..
 
 QUESTION: Are smoking cessation interventions effective?
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ISSN:1362-0347
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DOI:10.1136/ebmh.4.1.16