Intentions of smokers to use free nicotine replacement therapy

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作者：
Cunningham, John A. [1 ]
Selby, Peter L. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Social Prevent & Hlth Policy Res Dept, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
[2] Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Addict Programs, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
来源：
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL | 2008年 / 179卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1503/cmaj.071241
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Public health initiatives to distribute nicotine replacement therapy free of charge as a means of promoting smoking cessation are ongoing. Are there enough smokers interested in using nicotine replacement therapy to have a substantial impact on the prevalence of smoking if this aid were distributed free to all interested smokers? We conducted a telephone survey of 825 randomly selected daily smokers aged 18 years or older who had smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day at some point in their lives. Overall, 58.9% of the respondents said they would be interested in nicotine replacement therapy if it were offered for free. Of those interested, almost all ( 93.8%) said that they would use the nicotine replacement therapy to help them quit for good. There were differences in the levels of interest: smokers who intended to quit were more interested in using the nicotine replacement therapy than those who planned to reduce or maintain their smoking.
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