title: The Wellington Hospital smoking cessation clinic.
abstract: We evaluated a hospital based stop smoking programme which includes an initial assessment followed by six once-weekly group meetings. Optional use of nicotine-containing chewing gum was chosen by 50% of subjects. The subject's abstinence was validated by personal interviews and measurement of blood thiocyanate and/or expired breath carbon monoxide levels. Ten intakes totalling 195 subjects have been followed for one year. Abstinence rates at the end of the six week course varied from 40% to 75% with a mean of 56%. At three months intakes had abstinence rates of 18% to 63% with a mean of 40%. At six months rates varied from 14% to 53% with a mean of 36% and at twelve months 5% to 47% with a mean of 32% were abstinent. Twenty-nine percent of those who elected to use Nicorette were abstinent at one year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wellington Hospital.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002638:Chewing Gum; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D009538:Nicotine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000097:blood; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices
chemical_list: D002638:Chewing Gum; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids; D011145:Polyvinyls; D013861:Thiocyanates; D009538:Nicotine; C031760:thiocyanate