Open AccessClinical methods in smoking cessation: description and evaluation of a stop smoking clinic.
Author(s) -
T Harrup,
Bent-Are Hansen,
Krikor Soghikian
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.12.1226
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , addiction , psychiatry , family medicine , pathology
This study reports the results of the Kaiser-Permanente Stop Smoking Clinic and describes the philosophy and methods employed by the clinic in treating addictive smoking behavior. Of the 1,128 clients who registered for the group program, 57 per cent are abstinent six months after quitting smoking and 47 per cent are abstinent at one year. The clinic methods used are described in detail. They attempt to relate smoking behavior to the larger phenomenon of addiction.