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Meta‐analytic review of the efficacy of smoking cessation interventions
Author(s) -
BAILLIE ANDREW J.,
MATTICK RICHARD P.,
HALL WAYNE,
WEBSTER PAM
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239400185231
Subject(s) - abstinence , psychological intervention , smoking cessation , meta analysis , medicine , acupuncture , randomized controlled trial , homogeneous , intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , thermodynamics
A meta‐analysis of randomized and controlled evaluations of the efficacy of smoking cessation interventions compared 146 estimates of the difference in abstinence rates between treated and control conditions (effect sizes) from 85 publications. Simple advice to quit and other brief intervention techniques, nicotine chewing gum and behavioural techniques were all found to be significantly better than relevant control conditions in promoting abstinence, although the results were not homogeneous. In five studies of acupuncture compared with control, consistent results were found showing no benefit for acupuncture. [Baillie AJ, Mattick RP, Hall W, Webster P. Meta‐analytic review of the efficacy of smoking cessation interventions. Drug Alcohol Rev 1994;13:153–166.]