Increasing the use of nicotine replacement therapy by a simple intervention: an exploratory trial.
This historical cohort study conducted in a University Hospital between 2004 and 2006 included 322 smokers willing to quit and assessed whether adding a teaching session on nicotine addiction to a smoking cessation program could increase the proportion of participants using pharmacotherapy. The control cohort received the standard course while two short talks were added to the course for a consecutive intervention cohort. These talks used the metaphor of a pizza delivery service to explain neural mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction. Medication use was significantly more common in the intervention than control cohort (82.1% vs. 51.2%; adjusted odds ratio 4.0; 2.34-6.83).
Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. raupach@med.unigoettingen.de
Tobias
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Raupach
Lion
L
Shahab
Stefanie
S
Eimer
Miriam
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Puls
Gerd
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Hasenfuss
Stefan
S
Andreas
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D009538:Nicotine