https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2357
One-year continuous abstinence rate for smoking cessation via telephonic counselling: The Indian scenario
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Tobacco control methods differ by country, with telephonic counseling being one of them. The effectiveness of telephone counseling in smoking cessation has been discussed on several occasions. India's tobacco problem is more complex than that of any other country in the world. To begin with, tobacco is consumed in a variety of ways, and India is a large multilingual country with remarkable cultural diversity. In India, the National Tobacco Quitline Service (NTQLS) is a government-run program. Its data from May 2016 to May 2021 were analyzed retrospectively in this cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and pattern of tobacco use in India, as well as the abstinence rate for smoking cessation. A total of 4,611,866 calls were received by the Interactive Voice Response system (IVR). The number of calls increased from 600 to 5400 per day after the toll-free number was printed on all tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco use was discovered to be more prevalent, with males significantly more likely to use both smoking and smokeless tobacco. At one month and one year after quitting, 33.42% and 21.9%, respectively, remained tobacco-free. The study emphasizes the efficacy of behavioral counseling in increasing abstinence rates. The printing of a toll-free number on tobacco products is an effective strategy for expanding the operation of quit lines. Despite the challenges of cultural diversity and complex tobacco use, India's quit line service has been able to provide counseling to callers with prolonged abstinence and quit rates comparable to the various quit lines around the world.
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Kumar, Raj, Parul Mrigpuri, Shyam Mani Dubey, Rachna Singh, Jyoti Mishra, Sourav Kumar, and Ayesha Iqra. 2022. “One-Year Continuous Abstinence Rate for Smoking Cessation via Telephonic Counselling: The Indian Scenario”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 93 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2357.
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