Smokers' challenge
Immediate and long-term findings of a community smoking cessation contest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11037023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abby C King (0000-0002-7949-8811), J A Flora, Stephen P Fortmann (0000-0002-1327-9341), C Barr Taylor (0000-0002-4564-6548) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1340-1341 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.77.10.1340 |
| PMID | 3631371 |
| OpenAlex | W2127309785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
The present study examined the effectiveness of a community-based smoking contest in helping 500 smokers maintain three months postcontest and one year postcontest abstinence. The majority were chronic smokers with a limited number of previous quit attempts. The three- and 12-month postcontest quit rates were 19 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, rates exceeding naturally occurring community cessation rates. The contest was found to be more cost-effective than quit smoking classes
Abstinence · CONTEST · Environmental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Quit smoking · Smoking cessation · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Smoking Behavior and Cessation
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 2000 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |