CANCER CONTROL BY SELF-HELP STOP SMOKING INTERVENTIONS

本研究有两个主要目的：1）论证 利用电话热线向吸烟人士提供资料， 戒烟，2）评估替代药物的相对有效性 自助戒烟手册，帮助吸烟者戒烟。 一个 实验研究设计被用来比较的有效性 五本自助小册子。 研究人群包括成人 拨打罗斯威尔公园纪念馆戒烟热线的吸烟者 学会并索取有关如何戒烟的信息。 主要 项目第二年的活动包括：1）继续 通过提高对以下问题的认识，招募合格的吸烟者参与研究 通过当地媒体渠道热线; 2）进行电话 在一个月和六个月后与合格的研究受试者进行访谈 入组研究以评估自助材料的使用情况， 记录吸烟状况的变化; 3）分析在 研究确定不同自助手册的有效性， 评估预测戒烟的变量， 热线

This study has two main objectives: 1) to demonstrate the feasibility of using a telephone hotline to disseminate information to smokers on how to quit smoking, and 2) to evaluate the relative effectiveness of alternative self-help smoking cessation manuals in helping smokers to quit. An experimental study design is being used to compare the effectiveness of five alternative self-help booklets. The study population includes adult smokers who call the stop smoking hotline at Roswell Park Memorial Institute and request information on how to quit smoking. The main activities for the second year of the project include: 1) continued recruitment of eligible smokers into the study by promoting awareness of the hotline through local media channels; 2) conducting telephone interviews with eligible study subjects at one month and six months after enrollment into the study to assess usage of the self-help materials and to document changes in smoking status; 3) analysis of data collected in the study to determine the effectiveness of the different self-help manuals and to assess variables which predict smoking cessation among callers to the hotline.