Hospital initiatives in promoting smoking cessation: A 12-year follow-up

  • Authors:
    • John T. Denny
    • Angela M. Denny
    • James T. Tse
    • Vincent J. Deangelis
    • Darrick Chyu
    • Enrique J. Pantin
    • Sloane S. Yeh
    • Shaul Cohen
    • Christine H. Fratzola
    • Alann Solina
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3496
  • Pages: 1599-1603
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Abstract

In the present study, the availability of smoking cessation programs (SCP) was surveyed in the same randomly selected USA hospitals in 2000 and 2012. A total of 102 USA hospitals were randomly selected for this survey. Each hospital website was searched for the topic of smoking cessation. In the second phase of the survey, the main switchboard number of each hospital was anonymously telephoned and the ‘stop smoking clinic’ was requested. The phone survey results showed that the percentage of hospital switchboard calls that were connected to a SCP remained identical at 47% in 2000 and 2012. The results for the internet availability of SCP on hospital websites improved from 30% in 2000 to 47% in 2012. There were more hospitals that added additional SCP information (27%) compared with those that removed SCP information (15%) by 2012. Among the 57% of hospitals that showed no change in internet SCP information, 22% remained positive for such information while 35% remained negative. The phone survey of hospitals showed that 47% of USA hospitals were able to connect a caller to a SCP in the years 2000 and 2012. While there was no reduction over the 12 years, there was no increase in the percentage of hospital switchboards that connected to a SCP. Availability of SCP information on hospital web sites improved to a limited extent; increasing from 30% of sites in 2000 to 47% in 2012. Providing SCP on a hospital website is easy and free, for example adding a link to QuitNet or QuitLink. The present study adds to information gathered 12 years earlier, and is unusual in being able to provide follow‑up data on the same set of hospitals studied previously.
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Denny JT, Denny AM, Tse JT, Deangelis VJ, Chyu D, Pantin EJ, Yeh SS, Cohen S, Fratzola CH, Solina A, Solina A, et al: Hospital initiatives in promoting smoking cessation: A 12-year follow-up. Exp Ther Med 12: 1599-1603, 2016
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Denny, J.T., Denny, A.M., Tse, J.T., Deangelis, V.J., Chyu, D., Pantin, E.J. ... Solina, A. (2016). Hospital initiatives in promoting smoking cessation: A 12-year follow-up. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 1599-1603. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3496
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Denny, J. T., Denny, A. M., Tse, J. T., Deangelis, V. J., Chyu, D., Pantin, E. J., Yeh, S. S., Cohen, S., Fratzola, C. H., Solina, A."Hospital initiatives in promoting smoking cessation: A 12-year follow-up". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.3 (2016): 1599-1603.
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Denny, J. T., Denny, A. M., Tse, J. T., Deangelis, V. J., Chyu, D., Pantin, E. J., Yeh, S. S., Cohen, S., Fratzola, C. H., Solina, A."Hospital initiatives in promoting smoking cessation: A 12-year follow-up". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 3 (2016): 1599-1603. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3496