Smoking cessation counseling from health care providers before and after the national smoke-free law : findings from the ITC France Study

Autor: Kennedy, RD, Behm, I, Craig, L, Thompson, ME, Fong, GT, Guignard, R, Beck, François
Přispěvatelé: CERMES3 - Centre de recherche Médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société (CERMES3 - UMR 8211 / U988 / UM 7), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Harvard School of Public Health, University of Waterloo [Waterloo], Ontario Institute for Cancer Research [Canada] (OICR), Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Institut National de Prévention et d'Education pour la Santé (INPES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), ORANGE, Colette, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: European Journal of Public Health
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B-Oxford Open Option D, 2012, 22 (Suppl. 1), pp.23-28
European Journal of Public Health, 2012, 22 (Suppl. 1), pp.23-28. ⟨10.1093/eurpub/ckr209⟩
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B-Oxford Open Option D, 2012, 22 (Suppl. 1), pp.23-28. ⟨10.1093/eurpub/ckr209⟩
ISSN: 1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr209⟩
Popis: International audience; Background: Smoking cessation advice from health care providers (HCP) is well-known to be associated with increased quitting. This study sought to understand the extent to which smokers in France who visited a HCP around the time of the implementation of the national ban on smoking received encouragement to quit from a HCP and what kinds of intervention were provided. HCP may have a unique opportunity during the implementation phase of smoke-free laws to address their patients' smoking behaviours to increase the likelihood of success at a time when smokers' readiness and interest in quitting may be higher.Methods: Telephone interviews were conducted among adult smokers (n = 1067) before and after the two-phase (2007 and 2008) national ban on indoor smoking as part of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) France Survey. In the survey, smokers were asked whether they had visited a HCP in the past 6 months and, if so, whether they had received cessation encouragement, and/or other interventions to support quitting such as prescriptions for stop-smoking medication.Results: Most smokers (61%) reported visiting a HCP in the 6 months prior to the first phase of the national smoke-free ban, and 58% after the time of the hospitality ban. Of these, most reported they did not receive any assistance from a HCP before (54%) or after (64%) the smoke-free law. Among those who reported an intervention, the most common were only encouragement to quit (58% in Wave 1 and 49% in Wave 2), or receiving both encouragement and a pamphlet (31% in both Wave 1 and 2). The combination of prescriptions for stop-smoking medicine and encouragement to quit increased from 8% in 2007 to 22% in 2008. The smokers who received an intervention were more likely (OR 1.9, 95% CI: 1.2-2.9) to report that they were thinking about quitting.Discussion: This study demonstrates that HCP in France are well positioned to provide smoking cessation encouragement and other interventions to a majority of smokers and thus the importance of taking measures to increase their involvement, particularly when population-level tobacco control policies, such as smoke-free laws, are being implemented.
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