Quit rates at one year follow-up of Alaska Native Medical Center Tobacco Cessation Program.
The prevalence of tobacco use in the Alaska Native population is unusually high, as high as 50% in both adult men and women. In June of 1992, the Alaska Native Medical Center and the Alaska Area Native Health Service began a tobacco cessation program using behavioral modification classes and transdermal nicotine patches. Patients were subsequently followed at three month intervals for a year to assess smoking status. To date, 193 people have completed the program with at least three months having elapsed since completion of classes. The quit rates at three, six, nine, and twelve months were 31%, 30%, 24%, 21% respectively. The long-term quit rates for this tobacco cessation program are comparable to the rates of other studies which have included both behavioral modification and transdermal nicotine.
Hensel
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MR
University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, USA.
Cavanagh
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T
Lanier
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AP
Gleason
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T
Bouwens
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B
Tanttila
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Reimer
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A
Dinwiddie
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Hayes
J C
JC
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology*
D009538:Nicotine