Operation Stay Quit: evaluation of two smoking relapse prevention strategies for women after involuntary cessation during US Navy recruit training.
The present study evaluated two relapse-prevention interventions intended to help women smokers maintain the "quit status" mandated during Navy basic training. Women with any smoking experience before entering the Navy (N = 2,781) were assigned to either a control group or to one of two intervention groups (access to a telephone help line or receive a series of monthly mailings) after graduating from basic training. Smoking/quit rates at 3, 6, and 12 months after graduation were assessed with mailed surveys. Response rates to the surveys ranged from 39% to 52%. There were no phone or mail intervention effects: cessation rates for the three conditions at the 12-month follow-up were 43% for control, 45% for the mail intervention, and 41% for the phone intervention. Results suggest the need for more aggressive relapse-prevention efforts, although quit rates were higher than expected "spontaneous" quit rates, indicating an impact of the totally smoke-free recruit training environment.
Conway
Terry L
TL
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 120, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
Woodruff
Susan I
SI
Edwards
Christine C
CC
Elder
John P
JP
Hurtado
Suzanne L
SL
Hervig
Linda K
LK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D011177:Postal Service; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012008:Recurrence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health