Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Commentary on Wu et al. (2017): Do very brief reduction interventions increase quitting among smokers not ready to quit? |
| Authors: |
Klemperer, Elias M., Hughes, John R. |
| Source: |
Addiction. Nov2017, Vol. 112 Issue 11, p2041-2042. 2p. |
| Subjects: |
Cigarette smokers, Smoking cessation, Treatment effectiveness, Physician-patient relations, Chinese people, Telephone in medicine, Men, Wu, L., Psychology, Substance abuse, Intention, Harm reduction, Psychology of drug abusers |
| Geographic Terms: |
China |
| Abstract: |
The article discusses whether cigarette smokers who are not ready to quit are likely to stop smoking after participating in a brief smoking reduction intervention, and it mentions the article "Very Brief Physician Advice and Supplemental Proactive Telephone Calls to Promote Smoking Reduction and Cessation in Chinese Male Smokers with No Intention to Quit: A Randomized Trial" by L. Wu and others which appears in the same issue of the journal. Abstinence is addressed. |
| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
