Review Article

Evaluating Smoking Cessation Interventions and Cessation Rates in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Summary of tobacco smoking cessation rates.

StudyIntervention groupUsual care group
Total no. of ptsNo. patients who ceased smoking (%)Total no. of pts.No. of pts who ceased smoking (%)

Long followup (mean 6 mo.)
Duffy et al. 2006 [20]62235312
Schnoll et al. 2003 [4]2153021425
Wakefield et al. 2004 [11]7414637
Gritz et al. 1993 [1]50294633
Schnoll et al. 2010 [21]1142113223

Short followup (5-6 weeks)
Wewers et al. 1994 [13]149168
Griebel et al. 1998 [17]183182
Schnoll et al. 2005 [22]52225726