ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2016
Smoking cessation for free: outcomes of a study of three Romanian clinics.
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- Evaluating expert opinions on using a virtual patient app based on artificial intelligence for teaching brief smoking cessation advice to medical students: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Predictors of Enrollment of Older Smokers in Six Smoking Cessation Trials in the Lung Cancer Screening Setting: The Smoking Cessation at Lung Examination (SCALE) Collaboration.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Smoking in Teenagers from the Social Protection System-What Do We Know about It?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Observational
- Receiving support to quit smoking and quit attempts among smokers with and without smoking related diseases: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Treatment adherence and short-term outcomes of smoking cessation outpatient clinic patients.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Quitting activity and use of cessation assistance reported by smokers in eight European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Cigarette brand loyalty among smokers in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Knowledge of the health risks of smoking and impact of cigarette warning labels among tobacco users in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
In 2007, Romania implemented a national program for smoking cessation, providing medication and counseling, entirely for free. The present study focuses on the results of the program among participating smokers treated in three smoking cessation centers from three main cities of Romania: Iasi, Targu Mures and Cluj. Telephone interviews of 832 subjects from three databases of the Romanian cessation clinics of Iasi, Cluj and Targu Mures cities were conducted. These interviews were based on a standard Romanian guideline follow-up questionnaire. At 3 months follow up, abstinence was quite high (53.4%); at 12 months post quit date the study found 18.6% still abstinent subjects. More severely addicted smokers have quit with varenicline and the most difficult category of patients was represented by heavy smokers with respiratory co-morbidities. 61.5% of smokers and 97.2% of non-smokers were willing to receive relapse prevention counseling. Many subjects achieved a long duration partial abstinence (154 days ± 180 SD abstinence days). This is the first study in Romanian smoking cessation centers to analyze the long term impact of fully reimbursed smoking cessation, covering three months pharmacotherapy and counseling. Providing smoking cessation for free had a positive long term impact on program participants.
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