Trial reportAddictive behaviors2014
Behavioral cessation treatment of waterpipe smoking: The first pilot randomized controlled trial.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Using intervention mapping for hookah smoking cessation: a quasi-experimental evaluation.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Pooled it
- Preventing and controlling water pipe smoking: a systematic review of management interventions.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for waterpipe tobacco smoking prevention and cessation: a systematic review.Scientific reports · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions for waterpipe smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Adherence to Blended or Face-to-Face Smoking Cessation Treatment and Predictors of Adherence: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Piloting a clinical laboratory method to evaluate the influence of potential modified risk tobacco products on smokers' quit-related motivation, choice, and behavior.Addictive behaviors · 2019Trial
- Water Pipe Smoking Reduction in the Male Adolescent Students: An Educational Intervention Using Multi-Theory Model.Journal of research in health sciences · 2019Trial
- The impact of a brief cessation induction intervention for waterpipe tobacco smoking: A pilot randomized clinical trial.Addictive behaviors · 2018Trial
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- Characteristics of Waterpipe Smokers Who Are Willing to Quit: Population-Based Findings from Syria.Addiction & health · 2024Article
- Correlates of motivation to quit waterpipe tobacco smoking among US young adults: implications for cessation interventions.Health education research · 2023Article
- The prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking among Polish youths.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2021Article
- Water Pipe (Hookah) Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2019Review
- Blended Smoking Cessation Treatment: Exploring Measurement, Levels, and Predictors of Adherence.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- A Scoping Review of the Evidence on Health Promotion Interventions for Reducing Waterpipe Smoking: Implications for Practice.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Now is the time to advocate for interventions designed specifically to prevent and control waterpipe tobacco smoking.Addictive behaviors · 2017Review
- Building Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Lessons Learned by the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies.Journal of smoking cessation · 2016Article
- Prevalence, correlates and patterns of waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in southeast London: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Waterpipe Tobacco Use in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Study among University Students and Stop Smoking Practitioners.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundWaterpipe use has increased dramatically in the Middle East and other parts of the world. Many users exhibit signs of dependence, including withdrawal and difficulty quitting, but there is no evidence base to guide cessation efforts.
methodsWe developed a behavioral cessation program for willing-to-quit waterpipe users, and evaluated its feasibility and efficacy in a pilot, two arm, parallel group, randomized, open label trial in Aleppo, Syria. Fifty adults who smoked waterpipe ≥3 times per week in the last year, did not smoke cigarettes, and were interested in quitting were randomized to receive either brief (1 in-person session and 3 phone calls) or intensive (3 in-person sessions and 5 phone calls) behavioral cessation treatment delivered by a trained physician in a clinical setting. The primary efficacy end point of the developed interventions was prolonged abstinence at three months post-quit day, assessed by self-report and exhaled carbon monoxide levels of <10 ppm. Secondary end points were 7 day point-prevalent abstinence and adherence to treatment.
resultsThirty percent of participants were fully adherent to treatment, which did not vary by treatment group. The proportions of participants in the brief and intensive interventions with prolonged abstinence at the 3-month assessment were 30.4% and 44.4%, respectively. Previous success in quitting (OR=3.57; 95% CI=1.03-12.43) predicted cessation. Higher baseline readiness to quit, more confidence in quitting, and being unemployed predicted a better adherence to treatment (all p-values <0.05).
conclusionsBrief behavioral cessation treatment for waterpipe users appears to be feasible and effective.
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