Telephone Counseling Helps Teens Quit Smoking
OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Mental Health & Chemical Dependency Services Proactive telephone counseling and individually tailored motivational interviews help teen smokers stop smoking. About 21.8% of youth who received telephone counseling that featured motivational interviewing plus cognitive behavioral skills training were still abstinent six months after quitting. Among youth who quit smoking but did not receive telephone counseling, only 17.8% were still abstinent six months after quitting. These are findings of a report titled “Group-Randomized Trial of a Proactive, Personalized Telephone Counseling Intervention for Adolescent Smoking Cessation” by Arthur V. Peterson, Ph.D., et al. Additional . . .
