Smoking cessation telephone counseling for youth: effective regardless of recruitment methods?

Abstract

Poster Discussion 64. De-norrmalising Tobacco for Women and Children: no. PD-1351-21Conference Theme: Tobacco and Non-Communicable DiseasesBACKGROUND: Proactive telephone counseling appears effective for smoking cessation in youth and passive recruitment rate has been decreasing. New recruitment methods should be adopted; however, whether effectiveness of counseling is differentiated by recruitment methods remains unclear. This study compared quitting, adherence to services, service satisfaction, and baseline characteristics among youth smokers recruited from different sources. DESIGN/METHODS: 146 (32%) youth smokers who called the Youth Quitline of the Schools of Nursing and Public Health of The University of Hong Kong, 210 (45%) who were recruited proactively from outreach and 107 (23%) …published_or_final_versio