What is the effect of intensive counseling interventions combined with supportive contacts for at least 1 month after discharge on smoking cessation rates?
A meta-analysis of smoking cessation interventions in hospitalized patients identified that intensive counseling interventions initiated in hospital with supportive contacts for at least 1 month after discharge increase smoking cessation rates compared with usual care (RR, 1.37 CLINICAL STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES Kleindorfer [95% CI, 1.27 1.48]), with comparable findings in patients with CVD (RR, 1.42 [95% CI, 1.29 1.56]) and interventions initiated in rehabilitation nicotine replacement therapy to the intervention increased cessation rates compared with intensive counseling alone (RR, 1.54 [95% CI, 1.43 1.66]).