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Randomized telephone smoking-intervention trial initially directed at blue-collar workers
B Thompson1, S Kinne, F M Lewis
1Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs
|January 1, 1993
Summary
Telephone counseling for smoking cessation showed no significant difference between general information and stage-based approaches for blue-collar workers. Further research is needed to effectively reach this high-prevalence group.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Smoking prevalence remains high among blue-collar workers in the US.
- Effective smoking cessation interventions for this demographic are limited.
- The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) has experience in telephone-based cessation counseling.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the efficacy of two telephone-based smoking cessation counseling approaches for blue-collar workers.
- To evaluate a general information approach versus a stage-model approach adapted for blue-collar workers.
Main Methods:
- A randomized trial comparing two protocols: past CIS general information and a modified stage-model procedure.
- Participants were callers to a smoking cessation hotline.
- Subjects were categorized into blue-collar, white-collar, and other groups.
Main Results:
- No statistically significant differences in short-term or long-term nonsmoking rates were found between the two groups.
- Recruitment of the planned number of blue-collar workers was not achieved.
Conclusions:
- Neither the general information nor the stage-model approach demonstrated superior efficacy in this study.
- Developing targeted and effective smoking cessation strategies for blue-collar workers requires further investigation.