Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit

Venn, Andrea; Dickinson, Anne; Murray, Rachael; Jones, Laura; Li, Jinshuo; Parrott, Steve; McNeill, Ann

doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051760

Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit

Venn, Andrea; Dickinson, Anne; Murray, Rachael; Jones, Laura; Li, Jinshuo; Parrott, Steve; McNeill, Ann

Authors

Andrea Venn

ANNE DICKINSON anne.dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk
Research Fellow

DR RACHAEL MURRAY RACHAEL.MURRAY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Population Health

Laura Jones

Jinshuo Li

Steve Parrott

Ann McNeill

Abstract

Background: In countries where there are large disparities in smoking with persistent high rates among disadvantaged groups, there is a need to ensure that stop smoking services (SSS) reach such smokers. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in, community-based SSS in reaching more disadvantaged smokers, particularly those from routine and manual (RM) occupation groups, than standard services; secondary aims were to evaluate effectiveness in reaching those who had not previously accessed SSS, triggering unplanned quit behaviour, helping people quit and cost-effectiveness.

Methods: Following a 4-week pilot period, a mobile drop-in SSS was delivered across various public locations in Nottingham City, UK for 6?months, offering behavioural and pharmacological support via one-to-one consultations with trained cessation advisors. Detailed demographic and smoking behaviour data were collected from all clients accessing the mobile SSS, and Nottingham's standard SSS for comparison.

Results: Compared with smokers accessing the standard SSS (n=1856), mobile SSS smokers (n=811) were significantly more likely to be from the RM group (33.3% vs 27.2%, p=0.002), and to be first-time SSS users (67.8% vs 59.3%, p

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Sep 23, 2014
Online Publication Date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication Date	Sep 26, 2014
Deposit Date	May 22, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Apr 9, 2019
Print ISSN	0964-4563
Electronic ISSN	1468-3318
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	25
Issue	1
Pages	33-38
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051760
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1116149
Publisher URL	https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/25/1/33.info
PMID	25260749