Smoking cessation in severe mental illness: combined long-term quit rates from the UK SCIMITAR trials programme. (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gilbody, Simon; Peckham, Emily; Bailey, Della; Arundel, Catherine; Heron, Paul; Crosland, Suzanne; Fairhurst, Caroline; Hewitt, Catherine; Li, Jinshuo
• Is Part Of: British journal of psychiatry. Volume 218:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: Psychotic disorders, -- statistical methodology, -- pharmaceutical drug trial, -- mortality, -- anthropology; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychology, Pathological -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2019.192
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1250

Abstract

Summary: Smoking contributes to health inequalities for people with severe mental illness (SMI). Although smoking cessation interventions are effective in the short term, there are few long-term trial-based estimates of abstinence. The SCIMITAR trials programme includes the largest trial to date of a smoking cessation intervention for people with SMI, but this was underpowered to detect anticipated long-term quit rates. By pooling pilot and full-trial data we found that quit rates were maintained at 12 months (OR = 1.67, 95% CI 1.02–2.73, P = 0.04). Policymakers can now be confident that bespoke smoking cessation interventions produce successful short- and long-term quitting.