BACKGROUND: Patients with smoking-related cancer have higher risks for recurrence if they continue to smoke. METHODS: To encourage cancer patients to quit smoking a motivational pocket calendar with information about smoking and cancer, tips for stopping, and logs for monitoring was distributed among 32 patients, along with a baseline questionnaire. RESULTS: After 3 months, patients completed a second questionnaire. Twenty-one patients completed both questionnaires; 5 (24%) had quit smoking. The average number of cigarettes smoked per day dropped from 25.3 at baseline to 15.8 (P = .0001). CONCLUSIONS: A pocket calendar appears to be a useful adjunct for smoking cessation.
BACKGROUND:Patients with smoking-related cancer have higher risks for recurrence if they continue to smoke. METHODS: To encourage cancerpatients to quit smoking a motivational pocket calendar with information about smoking and cancer, tips for stopping, and logs for monitoring was distributed among 32 patients, along with a baseline questionnaire. RESULTS: After 3 months, patients completed a second questionnaire. Twenty-one patients completed both questionnaires; 5 (24%) had quit smoking. The average number of cigarettes smoked per day dropped from 25.3 at baseline to 15.8 (P = .0001). CONCLUSIONS: A pocket calendar appears to be a useful adjunct for smoking cessation.
Authors: Marcus Hentrich; Martin J Fegg; Stephanie Meiler; Christoph Jost; Arthur Gerl Journal: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Date: 2006-06-02 Impact factor: 4.553
Authors: J S Ostroff; P B Jacobsen; A B Moadel; R H Spiro; J P Shah; E W Strong; D H Kraus; S P Schantz Journal: Cancer Date: 1995-01-15 Impact factor: 6.860
Authors: Karen Emmons; Frederick P Li; John Whitton; Ann C Mertens; Raymond Hutchinson; Lisa Diller; Leslie L Robison Journal: J Clin Oncol Date: 2002-03-15 Impact factor: 50.717