Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1987 Oct 1;137(7):605-7.

A second look at the effects of supportive follow-up on smoking cessation

L T Kozlowski  1 , A Page
Affiliations

A second look at the effects of supportive follow-up on smoking cessation

L T Kozlowski et al. CMAJ. .

Abstract

In 1982 a report in CMAJ (1982; 126: 127-129) indicated that the addition of supportive follow-up appointments in a family practice increased the 6-month cigarette abstinence rate from 12% to 23%. We reanalysed the data by means of recognized standards for treatment success and found little evidence that the treatment had any reliable effect on attempts to quit that lasted at least 3 months: 8.5% and 4.8% of the groups with and without supportive follow-up respectively abstained for more than 3 months. We discuss a problem of the experimental design (longer evaluative follow-up for the control group than for the treatment group) and cost-benefit issues.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Prev Med. 1977 Mar;6(1):130-3 - PubMed
    1. Can J Public Health. 1977 Nov-Dec;68(6):469-73 - PubMed
    1. Br Med J. 1979 Jul 28;2(6184):231-5 - PubMed
    1. Prev Med. 1981 Jan;10(1):94-104 - PubMed
    1. Can Med Assoc J. 1982 Jan 15;126(2):127-9 - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources