title: Use of a self-help smoking cessation manual as an adjunct to advice from a respiratory specialist.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of a self-help smoking cessation manual for patients with pulmonary disease. All patients were advised to quit smoking by a respiratory specialist. Thirty-five patients were then provided with a manual detailing techniques for quitting; the remaining 40 patients served as a control and were given no additional information or instruction following advice. The cessation rate in the treatment group was 16.7%; and in the control group, 25.6%. This difference was not statistically significant. Approximately half of the patients who received the manual used it, and only 12.5% of the users found it helpful. It was concluded that providing patients with the specific instructions on quitting smoking as presented in the manual did not appear to be useful.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention