Smoking Helpline service – an important programme in the fight against tobbaco addition
Authors:
K. Langrová 1,2; E. Králíková 1,3; M. Vojta 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie 1. LF UK a VFN Praha
Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Vladimír Bencko, DrSc.
; Česká koalice proti tabáku, Praha
Ředitelka: MUDr. Kateřina Langrová.
2; Centrum léčby závislosti na tabáku
III. interní kliniky 1. LF UK a VFN Praha
Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Štěpán Svačina, DrSc., MBA.
3
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2008; 88(1): 47-49
Category:
Of different specialties
Overview
A “Quitline” is an important part of the spectrum of services provided to help treat tobacco dependence. The Czech Quitline was set up on January the 1st, 2005, and is operated daily between 12pm and 8pm. It is run by specially trained medical students from all three Prague medical schools. Between January 1st, 2005, and June, 30th, 2007 the Quitline answered nearly 4500 calls and about 1000 email queries concerning smoking. Of the callers, 66 % were smokers, 97 % of whom were nicotine dependent (lighting up the first cigarette of the day within one hour of waking).
Key words:
tobacco dependence, smoking cessation, quitline.
Sources
1. Anonymus. Guide to Best Practice, European Network of Quitlines, dostupné na http:// www.enqonline.org/resources/GTBPEnglish.pdf
2. Anonymus. Tobacco or Health in the European Union, The ASPECT Consortium, dostupné na http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/ Tobacco/Documents/tobacco_fr_en.pdf
3. Boldemann,C., Gilljam,H., Lund, K.E. Helgason A.R. Smoking cessation in general practice:the effects of a quitline. Nicotine Tob Res 2006, p. 785-790.
4. Evropská komise – kombinovaná varování, dostupné na http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/ life_style/Tobacco/Documents/cz_pictures.pdf
5. Kralikova, E., Bajerova, J., Raslova, N., Himmerova, V. Smoking and pregnancy: prevalence, knowledge, antropometry, risk communication. Prague Medical Report, 2005, 2, 106, p. 195-200.
6. Peto, R., Lopez, A.D., Boreham, J. et al. Mortality from Smoking in Development Countries 1950-2000, Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 1994, update 2006 www.deathsfromsmoking.net
7. Stead, L.F., Perera, R., Lancaster, T. Telephone counselling for smoking cessation, Cochrane Database of Systematic Revies 2006, Issue 3, Art. No: CD002850.DPOI:10.1002/14651858.CD002850.pub2
8. Tomson, T., Helgason, A.R., Gilljam, H. Quitline in smoking cessation: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Int. J. Technol. Assess, Health Care, 2004, 20, 4, p. 469-474.
9. World Health Organization: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Rámcová úmluva o kontrole tabáku), dostupné na http://www.fctc.org/ docs/treaty/fctc_en.pdf
Labels
General practitioner for children and adolescents General practitioner for adultsArticle was published in
General Practitioner
2008 Issue 1
Most read in this issue
- Clinical aspects and neurobiology of vascular dementia
- Causal treatment options for lower extremity varices
- Dynamics of oncomarkers duringthe oncological treatment of testicular germinal cell tumours
- Influence of smoking and free radicals on antioxidant defence and on the pathogenesis of certain diseases