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Impact of additional counselling sessions through phone calls on smoking cessation outcomes among smokers in Penang State, Malaysia

Blebil AQ 1 , Sulaiman SA , Hassali MA , Dujaili JA , Zin AM

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  • 1 Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia. [email protected]
BMC Public Health, 2014;14:460.
PMID: 24886549 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-460

Abstract

Studies all over the world reported that smoking relapses occur during the first two weeks after a quit date. The current study aimed to assess the impact of the additional phone calls counselling during the first month on the abstinence rate at 3 and 6 months after quit date among smokers in Penang, Malaysia.

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