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Support From a Chemical Dependency Counselor Online
If you need help to stop smoking, support from a chemical dependency counselor may be as close as your telephone.
A trained professional virtual counselor will understand the effects of
nicotine on the brain and the variety of nicotine withdrawal symptoms you might experience when you stop smoking.
Support has been shown to be beneficial in preventing relapse no matter what method to quit smoking is used.
Find a virtual counselor for your quit smoking therapy from any of these qualified experts.
Individual Counseling Helps - No Matter What Method to Quit Smoking You Choose
The body of evidence is mounting that quit smoking therapy by a chemical dependency counselor is effective in creating more long term success and
reducing relapse events among those who stop smoking cigarettes.
Review of literature by many researchers points to the efficacy of individual contact for live
stop smoking support,
even if the sessions are short. Continued stop smoking therapy seems to increase the probability of success.
Smoking Facts About Counseling Help to Stop Smoking
"Proactive telephone counseling helps smokers interested in quitting. There is evidence of a dose response; one-or-two-call protocols are less likely to provide a measurable benefit.
Three or more calls increase the odds of quitting compared to a minimal intervention such as providing standard self-help materials, brief advice, or
compared to pharmacotherapy. Telephone quitlines provide an important route of access to support for smokers, and call-back counselling enhances their usefulness."1
"Proactive phone counseling appeared most effective when used as the sole intervention modality or when augmenting programs initiated in hospital settings."2
"The 12-month continuous abstinence rates for those who made a quit attempt were 14.7% for self-help, 19.8% for single counseling, and 26.7% for multiple
counseling. A dose-response relation was observed, as multiple sessions produced significantly higher abstinence rates than a single session.
The first week after quitting seems to be the critical period for intervention."3
- Stead L F, Perera R,Lancaster T (2009) Telephone Counselling for Smoking Cessation (Review) 2009 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by JohnWiley and Sons, Ltd.
- Lichenstein L, Glasgwo RE, Lando HA, Ossip-Klein DJ, Boles S.(1996) Telephone counseling for smoking cessation: rationales and meta-analytic review of evidence. Health Education Research(1996) 11 (2): 243-257.
- Zhu, Shu-Hong; Stretch, Vincent; Balabanis, Mark; Rosbrook, Bradley; Sadler, Georgia; Pierce, John P.Telephone counseling for smoking cessation: Effects of single-session and multiple-session interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 64(1), Feb 1996, 202-211.
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