Self help smoking cessation in pregnancy

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7386.446

BMJ 2003;326:446 ( 22 February )

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EDITOR $---$ Moore et al show that giving smoking cessation booklets to pregnant women does not help them stop smoking.¹ Butthe intervention offered to pregnant smokers in this study wasnot based on previously available evidence that adding bookletsto face to face advice does not improve smoking cessation rates²and that more intensive interventions are needed to help pregnantsmokers stop smoking.³

Nevertheless, a recent meta-analysis indicates that individually tailored materials produced by computers increase by 80%the odds of stopping smoking compared with receiving no materials.²Because computer tailored programmes are based on the relevantpersonal characteristics of each smoker, participants may be moreinterested in reading these documents and prepared to apply theadvice included. ⁴ ⁵ Consequently, individually tailored documentsare 1.36 times more effective than booklets in helping smokersstop smoking.² In addition, most available computer tailoredprogrammes include a follow up, which is an essential element. . . [Full text of this article]

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