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Stage-based interventions for smoking cessation.

Kate Cahill1, Tim Lancaster, Natasha Green

  • 1Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Rosemary Rue Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK, OX3 7LF.

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Stage-based interventions for smoking cessation show comparable effectiveness to standard approaches. While tailored self-help and individual counseling offer benefits, the added value of adapting to a smoker's specific stage of change remains uncertain.

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Published on: August 28, 2017

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Science
  • Public Health
  • Addiction Medicine

Background:

  • The transtheoretical model (TTM) posits that individuals progress through distinct motivational stages (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance) before successfully quitting smoking.
  • The TTM suggests that smoking cessation interventions should be tailored to a smoker's readiness to quit to enhance effectiveness.
  • This model has significantly influenced the design of smoking cessation programs, emphasizing stage-specific support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of stage-based smoking cessation interventions compared to non-stage-based controls.
  • To determine if tailoring interventions to a smoker's stage of change provides additional benefits.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a systematic search of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using keywords related to stage-based theories and smoking cessation.
  • Included RCTs comparing stage-based interventions with non-stage-based controls, usual care, or assessment-only groups, with a minimum six-month follow-up.
  • Extracted data on participant characteristics, intervention details, and smoking abstinence rates, performing meta-analyses where appropriate.

Main Results:

  • Forty-one trials involving over 33,000 participants were included.
  • Direct comparisons showed stage-based self-help materials and counseling were not more effective than their standard counterparts.
  • Stage-based self-help and individual counseling interventions demonstrated effectiveness comparable to non-stage-based approaches when compared against any control.

Conclusions:

  • Stage-based self-help interventions and individual counseling show effectiveness similar to non-stage-based methods.
  • The specific benefit of adapting interventions to a smoker's stage of change is uncertain.
  • Evidence for the effectiveness of other stage-based interventions (e.g., telephone counseling, computer programs) is unclear.