Delayed Quitters

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Delayed Quitters

September 2, 2010 - Researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center have concluded that tobacco quit rates may be significantly increased by just continuing cessation treatments without interruption. Their findings published online in the journal Addiction suggest that current treatment theories that maintain any smoking after the planned target quit day predicts treatment failure need to be expanded to take into account a more dynamic quitting process. The team’s analysis points to two types of successful quitters: those who quit immediately and remain abstinent through the end of treatment and those who are “delayed” in attaining abstinence but achieve success by the end of treatment.

“Had treatment been interrupted or discontinued for these ‘delayed quitters,’ opportunities for achieving continuous abstinence could have been lost for up to 45 percent of quitters who were ultimately successful,” David Gonzales, PhD said. While delayed quitters did not fare quite as well as immediate quitters following the end of active treatment, they still accounted for approximately one-third of those who remained continuously abstinent at 12 months regardless of treatment group.

For more information:
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/news_events/news/2010/2010-09-01-stopping-smoking-ce.cfm

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