Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs

Monograph 12: Population Based Smoking Cessation Proceedings of a Conference on What Works to Influence Cessation in the General Population

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Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements (62 kb)



• Contents (35 kb)



• Chapter 1
  Smoking Cessation: Recent Indicators of What's Working at a Population Level (251 kb)
  • Introduction and Overview
  • What Works
  • Summary
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 2
  Cessation and Cessation Measures among Adult Daily Smokers: National and State-Specific Data (586 kb)
  • Cessation
  • Measures of Cessation
  • Multivariate Logistic Modeling of Cessation Data
  • Cessation in California
  • Smoking Behavior in Massachusetts: 1993 to 1997
  • Results
  • Summary
  • Appendix 1 (Tables 2-7 through 2-20)
  • Appendix 2
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 3
  Restrictions on Smoking in the Workplace (271 kb)
  • Overview
  • Changes in Smoking Behavior with Implementation of Smoking Restrictions
  • Cessation
  • Summary
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 4
  Population Impact of Clinician Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use (248 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Rationale for Clinician-Delivered Tobacco Interventions
  • How Many Patients Receive Tobacco Advice and Assistance, and Do They Quit?
  • Summary
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 5
  Impact of Medications on Smoking Cessation (119 kb)
  • Overview
  • Use of Medications
  • Efficacy/Effectiveness
  • Interpretation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 6
  Effect of Cost on Cessation (204 kb)
  • Background on the Role of Price/Taxation
  • Overview of Recent Studies
  • The Canadian Experience
  • Effects of Cost on Measures of Cessation
  • Long-Term Successful Cessation
  • Measures of Cessation
  • Caveats
  • Summary
  • Appendix
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 7
  Self-Help Materials
  • Introduction
  • Utilization of Self-Help Materials
  • Impact of Self-Help Materials on Smoking Cessation
  • General Conclusions
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 8
  Telephone Quitlines for Smoking Cessation (145 kb)
  • The Strengths of Telephone Quitlines
  • The Use of Telephone Quitlines
  • Efficacy of Telephone Quitlines
  • An Area for Synergy: Telephone Quitline as a Support for Physician Advice and Adjuvant Treatment for NRT
  • Conclusions
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 9
  Mass Media in Support of Smoking Cessation (181 kb)
  • Introduction
  • California and Massachusetts Antismoking Advertising Campaigns
  • Stanford Five-City Project
  • Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT)
  • Discussion
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 10
  Community-Wide Interventions for Tobacco Control (60 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Are These Assumptions Correct?
  • Do Community-Wide Interventions Work?
  • What Lessons Have We Learned?
  • Summary
  • References
  
  
  
• Chapter 11
  Interaction of Populations-Based Approaches to Tobacco Control (138 kb)
  • Overview
  • Background
  • Framework for Our Study
  • Independent Evaluation Methods
  • Sampling Schemes
  • Data Collection Methods
  • Approach
  • Results
  • Summary
  • References