[Smoking cessation course organized by the Italian League for the fight against tumors in Milan and Rome: determinants of cessation after the course and after a year].
The Italian League against Cancer organizes a group behaviour therapy program for smoking cessation in Milan and Rome. Groups meet for 8-9 sessions; sessions are managed by a therapist. In the analized courses participants are 43-44 years on the average, with a middle/high level of education. They are heavy smokers with a high level of nicotine dependence and they greatly trust in the program. At the end of the program 67% of participants in Milan and 76% in Rome declare they no longer smoke. One year later, phone interviews show that 22% of participants in Milan and 25% in Rome are still non smokers. At the end of the program quitting-smoking predictors are: attendance at at least 6-7 sessions, smoking less than 30 cigarettes a day before the course and male gender; one year later attendance at at least 6-7 sessions, and scarce nicotine dependence (smoking less than 30 cigarettes a day before the program or a low score at the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire).
Gorini
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UO Epidemiologia analitica, ambientale e occupazionale, CSPO, Istituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Firenze. gorini.merler@cspo.it
Morasso
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G
Alberisio
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A
Bollettini
C
C
Di Iorio
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A
Gamba
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A
Malvezzi
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I
Ottaviano
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M
Quaranta
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M
Terrone
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R
Arcidiacono
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S
D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors