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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Addiction Medicine

Background:

  • Smoking cessation programs exist, but partner support may enhance abstinence.
  • Individual support from partners, family, or friends can encourage smokers to quit.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if enhancing one-to-one partner support improves smoking cessation outcomes.
  • Comparison against interventions without a partner-support component.

Main Methods:

  • Included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of smokers aiming to quit.
  • Searched Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO up to April 2018.
  • Primary outcome: smoking abstinence at 6-12 months follow-up.

Main Results:

  • 14 RCTs (3370 participants) were included. Pooled risk ratio for abstinence was 0.97 (6-9 months) and 1.04 (≥12 months).
  • Most interventions did not demonstrate increased partner support.
  • Overall evidence quality was rated as low due to risk of bias and indirectness.

Conclusions:

  • Interventions to enhance partner support do not appear to increase long-term smoking abstinence.
  • Future research should focus on developing interventions that effectively increase partner support.
  • Small-scale studies are needed to test new behavioral interventions before large trials.