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. 2018 May 8;40(1):82–95. doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxy005

Table 5.

Summary of Smoking Cessation Interventions Published Between 2012 and 2016a

First Author, Year (Reference No.) Intervention Trial Design Cessation Measurement Timing of Measurement Strength of Triala Outcome: Change in Behavior
Akbar, 2012 (42) Oral health education Pre/Post Self-report In facility Weak No change
Etter, 2012 (104) Counseling, NRT Pre/Post Self-report In facility Weak No change
Makris, 2012 (27) Varenicline + counseling Pre/Post Self-report plus biological In facility Weak 30.7% abstinent at 3 months; 20.2% at 1 year
Clarke, 2013 (25), 2011 (44), 2015 (105) CBT, MI RCT Biological After release Strong 7-day point abstinence, 3-week follow-up, 35% (intervention) and 7% (control); 3-month follow-up, 12% (intervention) and 2% (control).
Richmond, 2013 (28) CBT + NRT, with nortriptyline or placebo RCT Self-report plus biological In facility Strong No effect of added nortriptylineContinuous abstinence at 3 months (23.8% treatment vs. 16.4% control); 6 months (17.5% vs. 12.3%); 12 months (11.7% vs. 11.9%)
Naik, 2014 (24) MI RCT Self-report plus biological In facility Moderate At 6 months, 16% in intervention stopped smoking, reduction in CO level
Jalali, 2015 (106) MI + NRT RCT Self-report plus biological In facility Strong 90-day follow-up. Significant reductions in CO, CPD, and Fagerstrom score in MI only and MI-NRT groups between pre- and post-tests and pre-test and follow-up. No differences between post-test and follow-up.
Turan, 2016 (107) NRT, varenicline, bupropion Pre/Post Self-report In facility Weak 30-day follow-up, 22.5% reported some reduction in smoking.

Abbreviations: CBT, cognitive-based therapy; CO, carbon monoxide; CPD, cigarettes per day; MI, motivational interviewing; NRT, nicotine replacement therapy; Pre/Post, preintervention and postintervention; RCT, randomized clinical trial.

a Adapted from de Andrade and Kinner (37), with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. Copyright 2017.