ArticleBMC public health2010
Does the number of free nicotine patches given to smokers calling a quitline influence quit rates: results from a quasi-experimental study.
Article in BMC public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01736085 (Distribution of Voucher vs. Direct Mailing of Nicotine Patches to Quitline Smokers), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Distribution of Voucher vs. Direct Mailing of Nicotine Patches to Quitline Smokers
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs: a randomized controlled trial study protocol.Trials · 2013Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Canadian smokers: study protocol.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- Effect of fruit and mint flavored RogueBMC public health · 2024Article
- Understanding Hesitation to Use Nicotine Replacement Therapy: A Content Analysis of Posts in Online Tobacco-Cessation Support Groups.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2023Article
- Effect of Additional Motivational Interviewing on Smoking Abstinence for 1-Year among Korean Adolescents: Results from A Comparative Retrospective Study in Quitline.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- IMPLEMENTATION, RECRUITMENT AND BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF COMBINED TREATMENTS FOR SMOKING CESSATION AND WEIGHT CONTROL.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
- The impact of a state-sponsored mass media campaign on use of telephone quitline and web-based cessation services.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Article
- New York tobacco control program cessation assistance: costs, benefits, and effectiveness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Article
- Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of two nicotine replacement treatment delivery models for a tobacco quitline.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe offer of free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can be a cost-effective marketing strategy to induce smokers to call a telephone quitline for quitting assistance. However, the most cost-effective supply of free NRT to provide to smokers who call a quitline remains unknown. This study tests the hypothesis that smokers who call a telephone quitline and are given more free nicotine patches would report higher quit rates upon follow-up 12 months later.
methodsA quasi-experimental design was used to assess nicotine patch usage patterns and quit rates among five groups of smokers who called the New York State Smokers' Quitline (NYSSQL) between April 2003 and May 2006 and were mailed 2-, 4-, 6- or 8-week supplies of free nicotine patches. The study population included 2,442 adult (aged 18 years or older) current daily smokers of 10 or more cigarettes per day, who were willing to make a quit attempt, and reported no contraindications for using the nicotine patch. Outcome variables assessed included the percentage of smokers who reported that they had not smoked for at least 7-days at the time of a 12 months telephone follow-up survey, sustained quitting, delayed quitting and nicotine patch use.
resultsQuit rates measured at 12 months were higher for smokers in the groups who received either 2, 6, or 8 weeks of free patches. The lowest quit rate was observed among the group of Medicaid/uninsured smokers who were eligible to receive up to six weeks of free patches. The quit rate for the 4-week supply group did not differ significantly from the 6-week or 8-week groups. These patterns remained similar in an intent-to-treat analysis of 12-month quit rates and in an analysis of sustained quitting.
conclusionNo clear cut dose response relationship was observed between the number of free nicotine patches sent to smokers and smoking outcomes. Baseline differences in the characteristics of the groups compared could account for the null findings, and a more definitive randomized trial is warranted.
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