title: [Could a contest encourage smokers from an unfavorable environment to abstain from smoking for at least six weeks?].
abstract: A contest to encourage smokers to quit and to remain nonsmokers for at least six weeks was held in a low income neighbourhood in Montreal. The contest was one of many activities for a multifactorial community-based heart health promotion program. The objective of this article is to describe the intervention and its evaluation and to reflect on its relative successes. Thirty-one persons registered for the contest, seven stopped smoking during the six-week contest, and six persons remained abstinent two weeks after the end of it. Concrete recommendations regarding the contest and implementation of a smoking cessation program are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Montréal-centre, QC.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Loughlin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lampron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paradis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011792:Quebec; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Un concours peut-il inciter des fumeurs d'un milieu défavorisé à s'abstenir de fumer pendant six semaines?