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Self-administered treatment for smoking cessation.

Susan J Curry1, Evette J Ludman, Jennifer McClure

  • 1Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607, USA. suecurry@uic.edu

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|February 13, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Self-administered smoking cessation treatments show promise. Combining behavioral self-help with personalized support or using pharmacotherapies like nicotine gum, patch, or bupropion can increase quit rates, though real-world use faces challenges.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Self-administered smoking cessation treatments offer broad reach.
  • Effectiveness of self-administered behavioral and pharmacological methods requires evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the evidence for self-administered behavioral and pharmacological smoking cessation treatments.
  • To identify areas for future research in disseminating these treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on self-help manuals, personalized adjuncts, and first-line pharmacotherapies.
  • Discussion of real-world effectiveness challenges, including compliance and discontinuation.

Main Results:

  • Written manuals alone are ineffective; combined with feedback/counseling, they improve quit rates.

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  • First-line pharmacotherapies (nicotine gum, patch, bupropion) double cessation rates in trials.
  • Real-world effectiveness of pharmacotherapies is reduced by poor compliance and early discontinuation.

    • Conclusions:

    • Self-administered treatments, particularly when enhanced, can increase smoking cessation rates.
    • Further research is needed on technology-delivered interventions and population-based surveillance.