Giving away free nicotine medications and a cigarette substitute (better quit®) to promote calls to a quitline

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-67

  Bauer, Joseph E ^a   Carlin Menter, Shannon M ^a   Celestino, Paula B ^a   Hyland, Andrew ^a   Cummings, K Michael ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass media; Nicotine replacement therapy; Smoking cessation; Telephone quitlines; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TELEPHONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33644876243     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200601000-00012     Document Type: Article

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