Background: Previous studies have found that offering additional callback counseling
support to smokers calling a telephone quit line increases quit rates. However, what is less …

Background Telephone services that offer smoking-cessation counseling (quitlines) have
proliferated in recent years, encouraged by positive results of clinical trials. The question …

In the current issue of CHEST (see page 1229), Sood and colleagues1 report on the
outcome of a randomized controlled trial evaluating reactive telephone smoking-cessation …

Quitline use can prompt quit attempts and promote abstinence among smokers, but rates of
use are low and outcomes of brief quitline referrals unclear. In this study, a brief intervention …

PURPOSE We undertook a study to assess the impact of comparative feedback vs general
reminders on practice-based referrals to a tobacco cessation quit line and estimated costs …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics of callers to a telephone helpline with those of
smokers seeking assistance through a clinic and smokers in a general population sample …

Introduction To increase the use of quitlines for treating tobacco use and dependence,
quitline referral interventions are recommended for healthcare systems and providers …

Background: Smokers receiving pharmacotherapy and individualized smoking cessation
counseling through telephone quitlines have been found to have higher quit rates than …

Aims. The development of acceptable, widely available and effective smoking cessation
methods is central to public health strategy for tobacco control. We examined the …

Purpose. Little is known about population-level rates and reasons for low intentions to call
the quitline, a widely available evidence-based smoking cessation treatment. Design. This …