Initial assessment of a behavioural therapy anti-tobacco programme
Russek, I.; Serres, P.; Duclaux, R.; Fantino, M.; Massonnet, B.; Cabanac, M.
La Nouvelle Presse Medicale 6(40): 3725-3727
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1518 PMID: 604925 Document Number: 111494
The principle of behavioural therapy was used in anti-tobacco treatment. An assessment of the first 100 patients is given here. From the beginning of treatment, which was individual and lasted for one week, the subjects, with three exceptions, stopped smoking between the treatment sessions. After treatment was completed, 93 subjects maintained this abstinence for at least 15 days; 74 patients have not started to smoke again, with a follow-up period ranging from 2 to 18 months. The degree of motivation of the patients would seem to be the only parameter related to relapse.