ArticleTobacco control2006
Increased reach and effectiveness of a statewide tobacco quitline after the addition of access to free nicotine replacement therapy.
Article in Tobacco control, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00775944 (Trial Comparing Different Methods of Support With Stopping Smoking Offered Through The National Health Service), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trial Comparing Different Methods of Support With Stopping Smoking Offered Through The National Health Service (NHS) Smoking Helpline
Who cites it
64 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level interventions to tackle smoking behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of pharmaco- and behavioral therapies for smoking cessation: a critical and systematic review of empirical research.Annual review of public health · 2012Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions for smokers who contact quitlines.Tobacco control · 2007Pooled it
- Predictors of engagement in post-discharge quitline counseling among hospitalized smokers.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- A randomized trial for hazardous drinking and smoking cessation for callers to a quitline.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2015Trial
- Comparative Effectiveness of Post-Discharge Strategies for Hospitalized Smokers: study protocol for the Helping HAND 2 randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Randomized trial of a smartphone mobile application compared to text messaging to support smoking cessation.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2014Trial
- Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of sun protection interventions for operating engineers.BMC public health · 2013Trial
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- Effect of offering different levels of support and free nicotine replacement therapy via an English national telephone quitline: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2012Trial
- Offering population-based tobacco treatment in a healthcare setting: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2011Trial
- Nicotine dependence as a moderator of a quitline-based message framing intervention.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2011Trial
- Randomized trial: Quitline specialist training in gain-framed vs standard-care messages for smoking cessation.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2010Trial
- Protocol for the Proactive Or Reactive Telephone Smoking CeSsation Support (PORTSSS) trial.Trials · 2009Trial
- Effect of nicotine replacement therapy on quitting by young adults in a trial comparing cessation services.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPTrial
- Bridging the gap between policy and practice: a mixed-methods study of tobacco control implementation challenges and community responses in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A mixed-methods study exploring free nicotine replacement therapy as a strategy to promote tobacco treatment equity at Cancer Center Cessation Initiative sites.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Behavioural public policy should take the psychology of poverty into account.Communications psychology · 2025Review
- Evaluating a Tobacco-free Policy Intervention in Residential Substance Use Disorder Programs.Journal of drug issues · 2025Article
4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco users receiving behavioural and pharmacological assistance are more likely to quit. Although telephone quitlines provide population access to counselling, few offer pharmacotherapy.
objectiveTo assess change in cessation rates and programme impact after the addition of free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to statewide quitline services. DESIGN, SETTING,
participantsAn observational study of cohorts of callers to the Minnesota QUITPLAN(SM) Helpline before (n = 380) and after (n = 373) the addition of access to free NRT.
interventionMailing of NRT (patch or gum) to callers enrolling in multi-session counselling.
main outcome measureThirty-day abstinence six months after programme registration.
resultsThe number of callers increased from 155 (SD 75) to 679 (180) per month pre-NRT to post-NRT (difference 524, 95% confidence interval (CI) 323 to 725). Post-NRT, the proportion of callers enrolling in multi-session counselling (23.4% v 90.1%, difference 66.6%, 95% CI 60.8% to 71.6%) and using pharmacotherapy (46.8% v 86.8%, difference 40.0%, 95% CI 31.3% to 47.9%) increased. Thirty-day abstinence at six months increased from 10.0% pre-NRT to 18.2% post-NRT (difference 8.2%, 95% CI 3.1% to 13.4%). Post-NRT the average number of new ex-smokers per month among registrants increased from 15.5 to 123.6 (difference 108.1, 95% CI 61.1 to 155.0). The cost per quit pre-NRT was 1362 dollars (SD 207 dollars). The cost per quit post-NRT was 1934 dollars (215 dollars) suggesting a possible increase in cost per quit (difference 572 dollars, 95% CI -12 dollars to 1157 dollars).
conclusionThe addition of free NRT to a state quitline is followed by increases in participation and abstinence rates resulting in an eightfold increase in programme impact. These findings support the addition of access to pharmacological therapy as part of state quitline services.
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