Journal
TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 382-390Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0278-8
Keywords
Smoking cessation; Web site evaluation; MOST research; Telephone quitline; Nicotine replacement
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- Matthews Media Group
- National Cancer Institute [5K05CA139871]
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Little is known about the relative, additive, and interactive effects of different population-based treatments for smoking cessation. The goal of this study was to evaluate the main and interactive effects of five different smoking interventions. Using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), 1,034 smokers who entered a Web site for smokers (smokefree.gov) were randomly assigned to the on and off conditions of five smoking cessation interventions: the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Web site (www.smokefree.gov vs a lite Web site), telephone quitline counseling (vs none), a smoking cessation brochure (vs a lite brochure), motivational e-mail messages (vs none), and mini-lozenge nicotine replacement therapy (NRT vs none). Analyses showed that the NCI Web site and NRT both increased abstinence; however, the former increased abstinence significantly only when it was not used with the e-mail messaging intervention (messaging decreased Web site use). The other interventions showed little evidence of effectiveness. There was evidence that mailed nicotine mini-lozenges and the NCI Web site (www.smokefree.gov) provide benefit as population-based smoking interventions.
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