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[Evaluation of a community intervention program ("Quit and Win") for smoking cessation]
1Institut Municipal de Salut, Barcelona, 08023, España.
Gaceta Sanitaria
|January 5, 2000
Summary
The World Health Organization's "Quit and Win" program helped motivate smokers to quit. One year later, 41.8% of participants remained abstinent, showing the intervention's potential for predisposed individuals.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Behavioral Science
- Health Interventions
Background:
- Community intervention plans aim to motivate smokers to quit.
- The World Health Organization's "Quit and Win" is one such initiative.
- This study assesses the 1996 "Quit and Win" program in Barcelona.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the impact of the "Quit and Win" intervention on smoking cessation.
- To determine the long-term abstinence rates of participants one year post-intervention.
Main Methods:
- A telephone follow-up survey was conducted one year after the contest.
- Participants were surveyed on smoking status, contest participation, motivation, and abstinence.
- Data from 196 respondents were analyzed.
Main Results:
- 82 out of 196 participants (41.8%) were abstinent one year later.
- Intent to quit permanently and sustained abstinence during the contest were linked to long-term success.
- High agreement (81.3%) was found between participant self-reports and a subsample verification.
Conclusions:
- The "Quit and Win" intervention resulted in a higher proportion of abstinent smokers compared to previous studies.
- Self-selection bias in follow-up responses may influence results.
- Such initiatives can effectively motivate predisposed individuals to quit smoking.