Self-help interventions for smoking cessation.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Many smokers give up smoking on their own, but materials giving advice and information may help them and increase the number who quit successfully. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this review were to determine the effectiveness of different forms of self-help materials, compared with no treatment and with other minimal contact strategies; the effectiveness of adjuncts to self help, such as computer-generated feedback, telephone hotlines and pharmacotherapy; and the effectiveness of approa...

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Authors: Lancaster, T; Stead, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 3
• Pages: CD001118
• Publication date: 2005-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001118.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Smoking Cessation; Nicotine; Smoking; Polymethacrylic Acids; Patient Education as Topic; Humans; Polyvinyls; Self Care; Chewing Gum; Behavior Therapy