Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2017
Accuracy of self-reported smoking abstinence in clinical trials of hospital-initiated smoking interventions.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of nurse-initiated smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Smoking Cessation Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effects of smoking cessation strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating the impact of communicating high polygenic risk for coronary artery disease on the health behaviour of young overweight adults: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- WeChat-based Messaging and Behavioral Counseling for Smoking Cessation for People with HIV in China: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Smoking reduction among homeless smokers in a randomized controlled trial targeting cessation.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Implementation of Ask-Advise-Connect in a safety net healthcare system: quitline treatment engagement and smoking cessation outcomes.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Trial
- Efficacy of Mobile Phone-Delivered Smoking Cessation Interventions for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Optimized Smoking Treatment Delivered in Primary Care.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
- A randomized, controlled pilot study of warm handoff versus fax referral for hospital-initiated smoking cessation among people living with HIV/AIDS.Addictive behaviors · 2018Trial
- Sleep Difficulties and Their Associations With Smoking Abstinence Among Adults Seeking Tobacco Cessation Treatment.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Pilot randomised controlled trial of an e-cigarette and tobacco use intervention for hospitalised youth.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- Vaping cessation interventions: A narrative review of randomized controlled trials.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of non-pharmacological school-based therapies for cigarette smoking cessation among adolescents in South and Southeast Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- The impact of gamification on smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Keratinocyte carcinomas in survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2024Article
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- Smoking data quality of primary care practices in comparison with smoking data from the New Zealand Māori and Pacific abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme: an observational study.BMC public health · 2024Observational
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Abstract
aimsTo estimate the prevalence and predictors of failed biochemical verification of self-reported abstinence among participants enrolled in trials of hospital-initiated smoking cessation interventions.
designComparison of characteristics between participants who verified and those who failed to verify self-reported abstinence. SETTINGS: Multi-site randomized clinical trials conducted between 2010 and 2014 in hospitals throughout the United States.
participantsRecently hospitalized smokers who reported tobacco abstinence 6 months post-randomization and provided a saliva sample for verification purposes (n = 822). MEASUREMENTS: Outcomes were salivary cotinine-verified smoking abstinence at 10 and 15 ng/ml cut-points. Predictors and correlates included participant demographics and tobacco use; hospital diagnoses and treatment; and study characteristics collected via surveys and electronic medical records.
findingsUsable samples were returned by 69.8% of the 1178 eligible trial participants who reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence. The proportion of participants verified as quit was 57.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 54.4, 61.2; 10 ng/ml cut-off] or 60.6% (95% CI = 57.2, 63.9; 15 ng/ml). Factors associated independently with verification at 10 ng/ml were education beyond high school education [odds ratio (OR) = 1.51; 95% CI = 1.07, 2.11], continuous abstinence since hospitalization (OR = 2.82; 95% CI = 2.02, 3.94), mailed versus in-person sample (OR = 3.20; 95% CI = 1.96, 5.21) and race. African American participants were less likely to verify abstinence than white participants (OR = 0.64; 95% CI = 0.44, 0.93). Findings were similar for verification at 15 ng/ml. Verification rates did not differ by treatment group.
conclusionsIn the United States, high rates (40%) of recently hospitalized smokers enrolled in smoking cessation trials fail biochemical verification of their self-reported abstinence.
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