[Smoking cessation--report from a practical endeavor].
For persons willing to give up smoking a cessation clinic for smokers was opened in the district town Oschersleben in 1972. Psychotherapeutic group discussions were used as working methods. The persons wanting medical advice came to the cessation clinic by their own free will or by referring by a doctor. 53.6% of 742 patients succeeded in stopping smoking (on the conditions that they had not smoked) for at least 6 months. The weaning was especially successful for those persons sent to the clinic by a doctor. These patients had a 15% higher rate of success. By this cooperation the effectiveness of a cessation clinic for smokers may be increased.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003151:Community Health Centers; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
Rauchensentwöhnung--Bericht aus der praktischen Arbeit.