Conference Paper: When will youth smokers make a quit attempt and resume smoking after receiving telephone counseling? A longitudinal study

TitleWhen will youth smokers make a quit attempt and resume smoking after receiving telephone counseling? A longitudinal study
Authors
Issue Date2010
PublisherSociety for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
Citation
The 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT 2010), Baltimore, MD., 24-27 February 2010. In Conference Proceedings, 2010, p. 29 How to Cite?
AbstractOBJECTIVE: To examine the pattern of youth smokers who received telephone smoking cessation intervention and who would initiate a quit attempt and subsequently resume smoking. METHODS: We collected data from a toll-free smoking cessation hotline “Youth Quitline” in Hong Kong from September 2005 to December 2007. The Youth Quitline is a peer-led hotline with multiple telephone counseling sessions at baseline, 1-week and 1-month and successive telephone follow-ups at 3- and 6-months, to help youth smokers aged 12 – 25 quit smoking. We applied non-parametric Kaplan-Meier method to explore the time trend prior to initiating a quit attempt as well as smoking resumption. RESULTS: The study included 408 youth callers, and 282 started quitting within the follow-up period. About 30% of the youth smokers (95%CI = 26 ¬– 35%) would initiate a quit attempt within 7 days after receiving the baseline telephone intervention. For the 282 callers who quit within the follow-up period, two-thirds (67%, 95%CI = 44 – 56%) resumed smoking within the first 7 days after their quit attempt. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study using survival analysis techniques to evaluate how soon youth smokers initiate their quit attempts and resume smoking, after receiving telephone counseling. Youth smokers who intend to quit initiate a quit attempt shortly after receiving the telephone intervention. Smoking cessation counselors should provide subsequent follow-ups promptly after the baseline intervention to capitalize on the quitting intentions of the smokers.
DescriptionPaper Session 10 - Adolescent Smoking Cessation: PA10-1
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130331

 

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dc.contributor.authorWong, DCNen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, SSCen_US
dc.contributor.authorMak, YWen_US
dc.contributor.authorLeung, AYMen_US
dc.contributor.authorFong, DYTen_US
dc.contributor.authorChik, BCBen_US
dc.contributor.authorLam, DOBen_US
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:49:33Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:49:33Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT 2010), Baltimore, MD., 24-27 February 2010. In Conference Proceedings, 2010, p. 29en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130331-
dc.descriptionPaper Session 10 - Adolescent Smoking Cessation: PA10-1-
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To examine the pattern of youth smokers who received telephone smoking cessation intervention and who would initiate a quit attempt and subsequently resume smoking. METHODS: We collected data from a toll-free smoking cessation hotline “Youth Quitline” in Hong Kong from September 2005 to December 2007. The Youth Quitline is a peer-led hotline with multiple telephone counseling sessions at baseline, 1-week and 1-month and successive telephone follow-ups at 3- and 6-months, to help youth smokers aged 12 – 25 quit smoking. We applied non-parametric Kaplan-Meier method to explore the time trend prior to initiating a quit attempt as well as smoking resumption. RESULTS: The study included 408 youth callers, and 282 started quitting within the follow-up period. About 30% of the youth smokers (95%CI = 26 ¬– 35%) would initiate a quit attempt within 7 days after receiving the baseline telephone intervention. For the 282 callers who quit within the follow-up period, two-thirds (67%, 95%CI = 44 – 56%) resumed smoking within the first 7 days after their quit attempt. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study using survival analysis techniques to evaluate how soon youth smokers initiate their quit attempts and resume smoking, after receiving telephone counseling. Youth smokers who intend to quit initiate a quit attempt shortly after receiving the telephone intervention. Smoking cessation counselors should provide subsequent follow-ups promptly after the baseline intervention to capitalize on the quitting intentions of the smokers.-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.-
dc.relation.ispartofAnnual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, SRNT 2010en_US
dc.titleWhen will youth smokers make a quit attempt and resume smoking after receiving telephone counseling? A longitudinal studyen_US
dc.typeConference_Paperen_US
dc.identifier.emailWong, DCN: cnwong@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChan, SSC: scsophia@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailMak, YW: makyw@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLeung, AYM: angleung@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailFong, DYT: dytfong@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChik, BCB: bryanc@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLam, DOB: debbie@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.authorityMak, YW=rp00525en_US
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, AYM=rp00405en_US
dc.identifier.authorityFong, DYT=rp00253en_US
dc.identifier.authorityLam, DOB=rp00571en_US
dc.identifier.authorityLam, TH=rp00326en_US
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.hkuros177814en_US
dc.identifier.spage29en_US
dc.identifier.epage29-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.description.otherThe 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT 2010), Baltimore, MD., 24-27 February 2010. In Proceedings of the SRNT, 2010, p. 29-

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