Effects of practitioner-delivered brief counseling and computer-generated tailored letters on cigarettes per day among smokers who do not quit - a quasi-randomized controlled trial

Klein, G; Ulbricht, S; Haug, Severin; Gross, B; Rumpf, H J; John, U; Meyer, C

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.016

Citations

Citation copied

Klein, G., Ulbricht, S., Haug, S., Gross, B., Rumpf, H. J., John, U., & Meyer, C. (2010). Effects of practitioner-delivered brief counseling and computer-generated tailored letters on cigarettes per day among smokers who do not quit - a quasi-randomized controlled trial. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 112(1–2), 81–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is still unclear how brief counseling for smoking cessation, combined with proactive recruitment of participants, impacts on those smokers not reaching the primary treatment goal of tobacco abstinence. Thus, within a quasi-randomized controlled trial, we examined the effects of (1) practitioner-delivered brief advice and (2) computer-generated tailored letters on cigarettes per day (CPD) among participants not succeeding in quitting. METHODS: A total of 34 general practices (participation rate 87%) were randomly selecte