Both Smoking Reduction With Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Motivational Advice Increase Future Cessation Among Smokers Unmotivated to Quit

• Published in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2004-06, Vol.72 (3), p.371-381
• Main Authors: Carpenter, Matthew J, Hughes, John R, Solomon, Laura J, Callas, Peter W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Addiction; Administration, Oral; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cessation; Chewing Gum; Clinical psychology; Comparative studies; Counseling; Counseling - methods; Counseling Techniques; Counselling; Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal; Evaluation; Female; Ganglionic Stimulants - therapeutic use; Human; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Motivation; Nicotine; Nicotine - administration & dosage; Nicotine - therapeutic use; Nicotine replacement therapy; Outcomes of Treatment; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Smoking - therapy; Smoking Cessation; Smoking Cessation - methods; Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data; Telephone services; Therapy; Time Factors; Tobacco; Tobacco Smoking; Transdermal medication; Treatments; USA
• ISSN: 0022-006X; 1939-2117
• DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.3.371

Smokers not currently interested in quitting ( N = 616) were randomized to receive telephone-based (a) reduction counseling plus nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) plus brief advice to quit, (b) motivational advice plus brief advice, or (c) no treatment. More smokers in the reduction (43%) and motivational (51%) conditions made a 24-hr quit attempt over 6 months than smokers in the no-treatment condition (16%; p .05). Similarly, 18%, 23%, and 4% of each condition were abstinent (7-day point prevalence) at 6 months ( p