Journal article
Use of Self-Help Materials and Smoking Cessation among Proactively Recruited and Volunteer Intervention Participants
American journal of health promotion, Vol.12(5), pp.321-324
05/1998
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-12.5.321
PMID: 10181141
Abstract
Self-help smoking cessation booklets were sent to 305 smokers who had sent in a coupon indicating interest in participating in smoking cessation programs and to 330 smokers who had not volunteered but who had consented to receive some educational materials after they were contacted. Nonvolunteers were significantly younger, were more likely to be male, were lighter smokers, were less addicted to smoking, had made fewer quit attempts in the past 12 months, were less likely to have made a serious quit attempt ever, and were less interested in the program. They were also less likely to read the booklets, to complete the exercises, or to attempt to quit after receiving the materials. Among nonvolunteers, stronger desire to quit was associated with reading the booklets and with completing the exercises. Twelve-month quit rates were 15% among volunteers and 7% among nonvolunteers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Use of Self-Help Materials and Smoking Cessation among Proactively Recruited and Volunteer Intervention Participants
- Creators
- Colleen M. McBride - Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Durham, NC 27710-2949, USA.Susan J. Curry - Group Health CooperativeLouis C. Grothaus - Group Health CooperativeDaniel Rosner - Group Health CooperativeDoug Louie - Group Health CooperativeEdward H. Wagner - Group Health Cooperative
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of health promotion, Vol.12(5), pp.321-324
- DOI
- 10.4278/0890-1171-12.5.321
- PMID
- 10181141
- ISSN
- 0890-1171
- eISSN
- 2168-6602
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1998
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366284802771
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