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    Cochrane Reviews: behaviour intervention

    There have been a large number of Cochrane reviews of behavioural smoking cessation interventions.

    As these are an important resource for the smoking cessation field, as part of our mission to be a central information resource for the smoking cessation field, we have collected all the reviews covering behavioural interventions and uploaded them so they can be viewed on our site.

    Please click on the links below to find out more about the Cochrane reviews that deal with behavioural interventions.


    Individual behavioural counselling for smoking cessation

    The objective of the review is to determine the effects of individual counselling. Click on link below to access the review.

    Individual behavioural counselling for smoking cessation

    Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking during pregnancy

    To assess the effects of smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy on smoking behaviour and perinatal health outcomes.

    Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy

    Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation

    The aim of this review is to assess the effect of reduction-to-quit interventions on long-term smoking cessation.

    Click below to access the review.
    Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation

    Additional behavioural support as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation

    The aim of this review was to evaluate the effect of adding or increasing the intensity of behavioural support for people using smoking cessation medications, and to assess whether there are different effects depending on the type of pharmacotherapy, or the amount of support in each condition.

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    Additional behavioural support as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation

    Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis

    To summarise the evidence from Cochrane Reviews that assessed the effect of behavioural interventions designed to support smoking cessation attempts and to conduct a network meta‐analysis to determine how modes of delivery; person delivering the intervention; and the nature, focus, and intensity of behavioural interventions for smoking cessation influence the likelihood of achieving abstinence six months.

    Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis

    Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation

    To determine the effects of smoking cessation programmes delivered in a group format compared to self-helpmaterials, or to no intervention; to compare the effectiveness of group therapy and individual counselling; and to determine the effect of adding group therapy to advice from a health professional or to nicotine replacement.

    Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation

    Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation

    To determine whether mobile phone-based interventions are effective at helping people who smoke, to quit. Click below to access review.

    Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation

    Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation

    To determine the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.Click on link below to view review.

    Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation

    Telephone counselling for smoking cessation

    To evaluate the effect of proactive and reactive telephone support via helplines and in other settings to help smokers quit. Click on link below to access review.

    Telephone-counselling for smoking cessation

    Print-based self-help interventions for smoking cessation

    The aims of this review were to determine the effectiveness of different forms of self-help materials, compared with no treatment and with other minimal contact strategies; and the effectiveness of approaches tailored to the individual compared with non-tailored materials.

    Print-based self-help interventions for smoking cessation

    Enhancing partner support to improve smoking cessation

    The purpose of this review was to determine if an intervention to enhance partner support helps smoking cessation when added as an
    adjunct to a smoking cessation programme. Click on the link below to access the review.

    Enhancing partner support to improve smoking cessation

    Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease

    To assess the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions such as behavioural therapeutic intervention, telephone support and self-help
    interventions in helping people with coronary heart disease (CHD) to quit smoking. Click on link below to access the review.

    Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease

    Exercise interventions for smoking cessation

    To determine whether exercise-based interventions alone or combined with a smoking cessation programme are more effective than a
    smoking cessation intervention alone. Click on the link below to access the review.

    Exercise interventions for smoking cessation

    Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation

    The aim of this review was to examine the efficacy of motivational interviewing interventions for smoking cessation compared with no treatment, in addition to another form of smoking cessation treatment, and compared with other types of smoking cessation treatment.

    Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation

    Smoking cessation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    To determine the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in people with COPD. Click on link below to access review.

    Smoking cessation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2009

    Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation

    To assess whether specific interventions for relapse prevention reduce the proportion of recent quitters who return to smoking.Click on link below to access review.

    Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation