ann. behav. med. DOI 10.1007/s12160-014-9605-z
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs Sonia A. Duffy, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. & David L. Ronis, Ph.D. & Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, M.P.H. & Lee A. Ewing, M.P.H. & Gregory W. Dalack, M.D. & Patricia M. Smith, Ph.D. & Timothy P. Carmody, Ph.D. & Thomas Hicks, D.N.S., R.N., C.S. & Christopher Hermann, M.S.N., N.P.-C. & Pamela Reeves, M.D. & Petra Flanagan, Pharm.D.
# The Society of Behavioral Medicine (outside the USA) 2014
Abstract Purpose The purpose was to determine the effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics program in three Veterans Affairs hospitals. Methods In this effectiveness trial, inpatient nurses were educated to provide the Tobacco Tactics intervention in Ann Arbor and Detroit, while Indianapolis was the control site (N= 1,070). Smokers were surveyed and given cotinine tests. The components of the intervention included nurse counseling, S. A. Duffy (*) : C. A. Karvonen-Gutierrez : L. A. Ewing Ann Arbor VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Health Services Research and Development, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA e-mail: [email protected] S. A. Duffy Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA S. A. Duffy : G. W. Dalack Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA P. M. Smith Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Greater Sudbury, ON, Canada T. P. Carmody San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA T. Hicks Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA C. Hermann : P. Reeves John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA P. Flanagan VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA S. A. Duffy : D. L. Ronis University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
brochure, DVD, manual, pharmaceuticals, 1-800-QUITNOW card, and post-discharge telephone calls. Results There were significant improvements in 6-month quit rates in the pre- to post-intervention time periods in Ann Arbor (p=0.004) and Detroit (p
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs Sonia A. Duffy, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. & David L. Ronis, Ph.D. & Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, M.P.H. & Lee A. Ewing, M.P.H. & Gregory W. Dalack, M.D. & Patricia M. Smith, Ph.D. & Timothy P. Carmody, Ph.D. & Thomas Hicks, D.N.S., R.N., C.S. & Christopher Hermann, M.S.N., N.P.-C. & Pamela Reeves, M.D. & Petra Flanagan, Pharm.D.
# The Society of Behavioral Medicine (outside the USA) 2014
Abstract Purpose The purpose was to determine the effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics program in three Veterans Affairs hospitals. Methods In this effectiveness trial, inpatient nurses were educated to provide the Tobacco Tactics intervention in Ann Arbor and Detroit, while Indianapolis was the control site (N= 1,070). Smokers were surveyed and given cotinine tests. The components of the intervention included nurse counseling, S. A. Duffy (*) : C. A. Karvonen-Gutierrez : L. A. Ewing Ann Arbor VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Health Services Research and Development, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA e-mail: [email protected] S. A. Duffy Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA S. A. Duffy : G. W. Dalack Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA P. M. Smith Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Greater Sudbury, ON, Canada T. P. Carmody San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA T. Hicks Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA C. Hermann : P. Reeves John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA P. Flanagan VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA S. A. Duffy : D. L. Ronis University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
brochure, DVD, manual, pharmaceuticals, 1-800-QUITNOW card, and post-discharge telephone calls. Results There were significant improvements in 6-month quit rates in the pre- to post-intervention time periods in Ann Arbor (p=0.004) and Detroit (p
