Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2014
Randomized trial of a presurgical scheduled reduced smoking intervention for patients newly diagnosed with cancer.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peri-operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Anaesthesia · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of smoking relapse rates among cancer survivors who quit at the time of cancer diagnosis.Cancer epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Identifying and recruiting smokers for preoperative smoking cessation--a systematic review of methods reported in published studies.Systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for preoperative smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- A Preoperative Contingency Management Intervention for Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Trial
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- Efficacy of a Texting Program to Promote Cessation Among Pregnant Smokers: A Randomized Control Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- The QuitIT Coping Skills Game for Promoting Tobacco Cessation Among Smokers Diagnosed With Cancer: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- A smoking cessation and pain management program for cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Trial
- Smoking relapse-prevention intervention for cancer patients: Study design and baseline data from the surviving SmokeFree randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Integrating tobacco treatment into cancer care: Study protocol for a randomized controlled comparative effectiveness trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Preoperative smoking cessation interventions and their effects on smoking abstinence and postoperative outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2025Review
- Motivating smoking cessation among patients with cancers not perceived as smoking-related: a targeted intervention.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Preoperative smoking cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Review
- Effective smoking cessation interventions in people with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Review
- Understanding cancer patients' desire to quit tobacco without assistance: A mixed-methods study.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Brief intervention to enhance cessation of smokeless tobacco use in newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial in patient-relative dyads.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveCancer patients who smoke are advised to quit smoking to reduce treatment complications and future cancer risk. This study's main objective was to evaluate the efficacy of a novel, presurgical cessation intervention in newly diagnosed cancer patients scheduled for surgical hospitalization.
methodWe conducted a parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of our hospital-based, tobacco cessation "best practices" treatment model (BP; cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy) with BP enhanced by a behavioral tapering regimen (scheduled reduced smoking; BP + SRS) administered by a handheld computer before hospitalization for surgery. Cessation outcomes were short (hospital admission and 3 months) and longer-term (6 months) biochemically verified smoking abstinence. We hypothesized that BP + SRS would be superior to BP alone. One hundred eighty-five smokers were enrolled.
resultsOverall, 7-day-point prevalence, confirmed abstinence rates at 6 months for BP alone (32%) and BP + SRS (32%) were high; however, no main effect of treatment was observed. Patients who were older and diagnosed with lung cancer were more likely to quit smoking.
conclusionCompared to best practices for treating tobacco dependence, a presurgical, scheduled reduced smoking intervention did not improve abstinence rates among newly diagnosed cancer patients.reserved).
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