Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 28, 2026

Creating Dynamic Images of Short-lived Dopamine Fluctuations with lp-ntPET: Dopamine Movies of Cigarette Smoking
Published on: August 6, 2013
How stable are stop smoking practitioner success rates over time?
Leonie S Brose1, Robert West2, Andy McEwen3
1UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
Stop smoking practitioner effectiveness is moderately stable over time. Further research should identify characteristics of highly successful practitioners to improve smoking cessation support.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Stop smoking practitioner effectiveness varies.
- The long-term stability of practitioner success rates is unknown.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the stability of stop smoking practitioner success rates over several years.
- To understand if practitioner effectiveness changes over time.
Main Methods:
- Utilized routinely collected data from 197 English stop smoking practitioners (April 2009-April 2012).
- Correlated practitioner success rates across years, adjusting for client and intervention factors.
- Assessed changes in client and intervention characteristics.
Main Results:
- Individual practitioner success rates showed high correlation in successive years (r=0.64–0.68) and moderate correlation in non-successive years (r=0.39–0.51).
- No evidence indicated increasing practitioner effectiveness over time.
- Practitioner effectiveness demonstrated moderate stability over the study period.
Conclusions:
- Stop smoking practitioner effectiveness is moderately stable over time.
- Further research is necessary to identify characteristics associated with higher practitioner success.
- Understanding these characteristics can inform strategies for enhanced smoking cessation support.
More Related Videos
06:39Electroencephalographic, Heart Rate, and Galvanic Skin Response Assessment for an Advertising Perception Study: Application to Antismoking Public Service Announcements
Published on: August 28, 2017
09:42Using Continuous Data Tracking Technology to Study Exercise Adherence in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Published on: November 8, 2013
Related Concept Videos
Longitudinal Research
Stress Prevention and Stress Management Techniques IV
Regression Toward the Mean
Drug Dependence
Stress Prevention and Stress Management Techniques VI
Motivation and Self-Determination
Motivation, the driving force behind behavior, plays a pivotal role at every stage of the change process. The research...
Pharmaceutical Alternatives: Stability-Related Therapeutic Nonequivalence