Seven years of smoking cessation campaigns in The Netherlands

Zeeman, G.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0769-9_322

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“…Some regions or nations have regional or national helplines 67 14 Many others, especially those states in the US which have been allocated funds from the recent national tobacco settlement or from cigarette taxes, are contemplating similar programs. However, few reports describe how a helpline operates and how it can be used in conjunction with other tobacco control activities.…”

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A centralised telephone service for tobacco cessation: the California experience

Zhu

Anderson²,

Johnson³

et al. 2000

Tobacco Control

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Objective-To provide an overview of the California Smokers' Helpline, an increasingly popular telephone program for tobacco cessation in California since 1992. As many states, regions, and nations are contemplating various telephone programs as part of large scale anti-tobacco campaigns, this paper presents a practical model. Design-The Helpline provides Californians with free cessation services that include counselling, self help quit kits, and cessation related information. Services are provided in six spoken languages plus a line for the hearing impaired. The program is promoted statewide by media campaigns, health care providers, local tobacco control programs, and the public school system. Setting-The Helpline is centrally operated through the University of California, San Diego and provides services statewide via telephone. Results-The Helpline has served over 100 000 tobacco users and has become the chief cessation resource for the Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program in California. Media was the most important referral source for Helpline callers (50%), followed by health care providers (20%). About one third of the callers were ethnic minorities and 17% were 24 years old or younger. Compared to California smokers in general, the callers were more dependent on nicotine and more likely to live with other smokers, but they were also more likely to have tried to quit recently and were more ready to try again. Two randomised trials have demonstrated the eYcacy of the Helpline's counselling protocol. Conclusion-A centralised helpline operation can be an accessible and eVective service for tobacco users and should be included in any large scale, comprehensive tobacco control program. (Tobacco Control 2000;9(Suppl II):ii48-ii55)

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A centralised telephone service for tobacco cessation: the California experience

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Anderson²,

Johnson³

et al. 2000

Tobacco Control

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A Method to Obtain a Randomized Control Group where it Seems Impossible

Zhu

1999

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Randomization of program participants into control and experimental groups is often not feasible in field settings. The researcher's desire to evaluate a program with a rigorous experimental design is often incompatible with the objective of serving the expressed needs of the program participants. However, opportunities do arise when a randomized control group can be constructed without disregarding the participants' wish to be included in the treatment group. This article describes a method that uses the participants' compliance to program instructions as a means of classifying participants and, thereby, obtains a randomized control group for a subset of participants. A large smoking intervention project is used to illustrate two variations of this method.

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Seven years of smoking cessation campaigns in The Netherlands

Cited by 2 publications

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A centralised telephone service for tobacco cessation: the California experience

A centralised telephone service for tobacco cessation: the California experience

A Method to Obtain a Randomized Control Group where it Seems Impossible

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