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The European Journal of Public Health 1998 8(2):150-153; doi:10.1093/eurpub/8.2.150
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TOBACCO

Quit and Win Contest 1994

Evaluation in three countries

TELLERVO KORHONEN1, TATJANA KAMARDINA2, ESTEVE SALTO3, HEIKKI J. KORHONEN1 and PEKKA PUSKA1

1National Public Health Institute Helsinki, Finland
2National Centre for Preventive Medicine Russia
3Department of Health and Social Security, Autonomous Government of Catalonia Spain

Tellervo Korhonen, M.Sc, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland, tel +358 9 47448630, fax +358 9 47448338

This study evaluates the European Quit and Win contest 1994 In Finland, Russia and Spain/Catalonia. The numbers of participants were 5,879 in Finland (0.6% of smokers), 28,361 In Russia (0.1%) and 1,752 in Spain/Catalonia (0.1%). A one year follow-up survey was conducted, with response rates 67% in Finland (n=1,419), 38% In Russia (n=339) and 42% In Spain/Catalonia (n=353). Two outcome estimates were used: the proportion of abstainers among the respondents and the among the sample regarding all non-respondents as relapsed. For the first estimate, the abstinence rates were 23.0% In Finland, 32.1% in Russia and 34.5% In Spain/Catalonia (p<0.001). For the latter estimate, the corresponding figures were 15.4, 12.1 and 14.5% (p=0.057). The results suggest that this cessation method obtains satisfying abstinence results in different countries.

Keywords: community intervention, programme evaluation, quit and win, smoking cessation


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