Evaluating a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Program Among People in the Military (The AFIII Study)

Summary

Rates of cigarette smoking in the military are high. Tobacco telephone quit lines are telephone-based services that provide information and guidance to people who want to quit smoking. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a tobacco quit line program, in addition to nicotine replacement patches, at helping people in the military quit smoking cigarettes.

Timeline

Start

2008-04

Primary completion

2014-07

Completion

2014-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper a difference that was maintained for prolonged smoking abstinence at 12 months (22.03% vs. 13.41%; OR = 1.8, P < 0.0001). PMID 26226536 ↗

Publications

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• Klesges RC, Ebbert JO, Talcott GW, Thomas F, Richey PA, Womack C, Hryshko-Mullen A, Oh J. Efficacy of a Tobacco Quitline in Active Duty Military and TRICARE Beneficiaries: A Randomized Trial. Mil Med. 2015 Aug;180(8):917-25. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00513.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.