A study titled ‘Smoking Cessation Intervention through Primary Health Centres: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial from Kerala, India,’ conducted in six Primary Health Centres (PHCs) has found that advice and counselling by doctor/health worker has a cardinal role in helping to quit smoking.
About 20 per cent smokers stopped smoking following advice and counselling, and around 10 per cent abstained even after two years.
The study led by Dr. A. S. Pradeep Kumar, Addl. Director (Public Health), Directorate of Health Services, Kerala covered 755 male smokers, averaging 44 years, from six PHCs.
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