@article {Asfar:2008:1087-3244:146,
title = "Outcomes and Adherence in Syria's First Smoking Cessation Trial",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2008",
volume = "32",
number = "2",
publication date ="2008-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "146-156",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2008/00000032/00000002/art00004",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.32.2.4",
keyword = "Syria, adherence, clinical trials, smoking, water pipe",
author = "Asfar, Taghrid and Weg, Mark Vander and Maziak, Wasim and Hammal, Fadi and Eissenberg, Thomas and Ward, Kenneth D.",
abstract = "
Objective
: To determine the feasibility of implementing cessation interventions in Syria.
Methods
: We randomized 50 smokers to either a brief or intensive behavioral cessation intervention. Adherence to treatment and cessation through 3 months postcessation
were calculated.
Results
: Adherence in the intensive group was only moderate and was associated with smoking for more years and higher self-efficacy. Cessation rates in the brief and intensive intervention groups were 16% and 4%, respectively. Nicotine dependence predicted
abstinence at 3 months.
Conclusion
: Important barriers to cessation included perceived dependence, lack of access to pharmacotherapy, poor social support, and water pipe smoking.",
}