Effectiveness of smoking reduction intervention for hardcore smokers

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Sophia Siu Chee Chan⁴  Abu Saleh M Abdullah³  Doris Yin Ping Leung¹  Yee Tak Derek Cheung²  Tai Hing Lam² 

[1] The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA;School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

关键词: Quit attempt;    Cigarette consumption;    Smoking reduction;    Hardcore;    Smoking cessation;   

Others  :  1160776
DOI  :  10.1186/s12971-015-0034-y

 received in 2014-08-05, accepted in 2015-03-20,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The prevalence and correlates of hardcore smokers, who have high daily cigarette consumption, no quitting history and no intention to quit, have been studied in several western developed countries, but no previous trials of smoking cessation have tested intervention effectiveness for these smokers. The current study examined if hardcore smokers can benefit from smoking reduction intervention to achieve cessation, and explored the underlying reasons.

Methods

A posteriori analysis was conducted on data from a randomized controlled trial of smoking reduction intervention on 1,154 smokers who did not want to quit. Odds ratios of 7-day point prevalence of abstinence, smoking reduction by at least 50% and quit attempt at the 6-month follow-up comparing subgroups of smokers were analyzed.

Results

In hardcore smokers, the odds ratio comparing the quit rate between the intervention and control group was 4.18 (95% CI: 0.51-34.65), which was greater than non-hardcore smokers (OR = 1.58, 95% CI: 0.98-2.54). The number needed to treat for hardcore and non-hardcore smokers was 8.33 (95% CI: 5.56-16.67) and 16.67 (95% CI: 8.33-233.64), respectively. In smokers who did not have quit attempt experience and those who smoked more than 15 cigarettes daily, the odds ratio comparing intervention and control group was 3.29 (95% CI: 0.72-14.98) and 1.36 (95% CI: 0.78-2.36), respectively.

Conclusions

The a posteriori analysis provided pilot results that smoking reduction intervention may be effective to help hardcore smokers to quit and reduce smoking. Having no previous quit attempt was identified as more important than having large cigarette consumption in explaining the greater effectiveness of the intervention.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Lam et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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