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01-06-2008 | Original Paper

Outcome from a Community-based Smoking Cessation Program for Persons with Serious Mental Illness

Authors: Shawn R. Currie, Jordyn Karltyn, Debra Lussier, Erin de Denus, Diane Brown, Nady el-Guebaly

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 3/2008

Abstract

Six and 12-month outcomes are reported on 79 mentally ill persons attending either a 4- or 8-session community-based smoking cessation group. Quit rates at post, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups were 16, 19, 16, and 19%, respectively, with no significant effect of program length. These success rates are comparable to outcomes reported following group-based treatment with mentally healthy smokers. The majority of quitters used nicotine replacement therapy. Psychotropic medication dosages did not vary over time in quitters or non-quitters. No reductions in smoking were observed among non-quitters. Quitting smoking had no untoward effects on symptoms of mental illness or general functioning.

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Title: Outcome from a Community-based Smoking Cessation Program for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Authors: Shawn R. Currie
Jordyn Karltyn
Debra Lussier
Erin de Denus
Diane Brown
Nady el-Guebaly
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-007-9113-8

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