Increasing the Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy by a Simple Intervention: An Exploratory Trial
2010 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Raupach, Tobias ; Shahab, Lion; Eimer, Stefanie; Puls, Miriam ; Hasenfuß, Gerd ; Andreas, Stefan
- Abstract
- This historical cohort study conducted in a University Hospital between 2004 and 2006 included 322 smokers willing to quit and assessed whether adding a teaching session on nicotine addiction to a smoking cessation program could increase the proportion of participants using pharmacotherapy. The control cohort received the standard course while two short talks were added to the course for a consecutive intervention cohort. These talks used the metaphor of a pizza delivery service to explain neural mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction. Medication use was significantly more common in the intervention than control cohort (82.1% vs. 51.2%; adjusted odds ratio 4.0; 2.34-6.83).</.
- Issue Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- ISSN
- 1082-6084