Abstract:
The community pharmacist-run smoking cessation program of the community pharmacy association (Thailand) has been implemented for 2 years. This program has increased the opportunities for smokers to reduce the amount of cigarettes consumed and quit smoking using the “5 As” model. The aim of this study was to assess the changes in the amount of tobacco smoked per day and to analyze the quit rate after the program. The data from service reports was gathered from 489 subjects who had volunteered to participate in the study. The data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics, relative risk, and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The result revealed that the successful quit rate after a 180 day follow-up was 6.32% and the amount of smoked tobacco per day in the failure group was statistically decreased (p = .005). The characteristics of the successful group after a 180 day follow-up included having smoked fewer cigarettes per day and having a strong intention to quit. The attempted spontaneous quitters had greater opportunities to quit than the target quit date setting group (RR = 1.29, 95% confidence interval 0.61-2.71), with no statistical significance. Most of those in the successful group had already quit smoking once, so the monitoring of their abstinence was important to prevent them from relapsing.
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