title: [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].
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: UO Epidemiologia analitica, ambientale e occupazionale, CSPO, Istituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Firenze. gorini.merler@cspo.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morasso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alberisio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bollettini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Iorio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamba
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Malvezzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ottaviano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quaranta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terrone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arcidiacono
mesh_terms: 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