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Physician advice for smoking cessation.

C Silagy1

  • 1Monash Institute of Public Health and Health Service Research, Monash Medical Centre, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168. chris.silagy@med.monash.edu.au

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|May 5, 2000
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Physician advice can help patients stop smoking, with brief advice increasing cessation rates by 2.5%. More intensive interventions show a marginal advantage over minimal advice for smoking cessation.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Healthcare professionals routinely advise patients on smoking cessation.
  • Advice can range from brief interventions to more intensive support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess the effectiveness of physician advice in promoting smoking cessation.
  • Compare minimal versus intensive physician interventions.
  • Evaluate aids to smoking cessation advice.
  • Determine the impact of anti-smoking advice on mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
  • Searched Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group and Controlled Trials Registers (up to October 1998).
  • Included trials assessing abstinence at least six months post-advice.

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Main Results:

  • Thirty-one trials involving over 26,000 smokers were analyzed.
  • Brief physician advice significantly increased smoking cessation odds (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.45-1.98), an absolute increase of ~2.5%.
  • Intensive interventions showed a small advantage over minimal advice (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.23-1.68); evidence on aids and follow-up intensity was insufficient.

Conclusions:

  • Simple physician advice yields a small but significant increase in smoking cessation rates.
  • More intensive interventions offer a marginal benefit over minimal advice.
  • Current evidence does not strongly support the use of specific aids or prolonged follow-up to enhance cessation effectiveness.