title: A brief smoking cessation intervention for women in low-income planned parenthood clinics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate a brief smoking cessation intervention for women 15 to 35 years of age attending Planned Parenthood clinics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female smokers (n = 1154) were randomly assigned either to advice only or to a brief intervention that involved a 9-minute video, 12 to 15 minutes of behavioral counseling, clinician advice to quit, and follow-up telephone calls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-six percent of those eligible participated. Results revealed a clear, short-term intervention effect at the 6-week follow-up (7-day self-reported abstinence: 10.2% vs 6.9% for advice only, P < .05) and a more ambiguous effect at 6 months (30-day biochemically validated abstinence: 6.4% vs 3.8%, NS).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This brief, clinic-based intervention appears to be effective in reaching and enhancing cessation among female smokers, a traditionally underserved population.
authors.affiliation: AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, Colo., USA. russkpf@earthlink.net
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Glasgow
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Whitlock
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Eakin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009922:Oregon; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014932:Women's Health Services