Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
National Tobacco Quitline Services, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2022 Sep 7;93(2). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2357.
Tobacco control methods differ by country, with telephonic counseling being one of them. The effectiveness of telephone counseling in smoking cessation has been discussed on several occasions. India's tobacco problem is more complex than that of any other country in the world. To begin with, tobacco is consumed in a variety of ways, and India is a large multilingual country with remarkable cultural diversity. In India, the National Tobacco Quitline Service (NTQLS) is a government-run program. Its data from May 2016 to May 2021 were analyzed retrospectively in this cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and pattern of tobacco use in India, as well as the abstinence rate for smoking cessation. A total of 4,611,866 calls were received by the Interactive Voice Response system (IVR). The number of calls increased from 600 to 5400 per day after the toll-free number was printed on all tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco use was discovered to be more prevalent, with males significantly more likely to use both smoking and smokeless tobacco. At one month and one year after quitting, 33.42% and 21.9%, respectively, remained tobacco-free. The study emphasizes the efficacy of behavioral counseling in increasing abstinence rates. The printing of a toll-free number on tobacco products is an effective strategy for expanding the operation of quit lines. Despite the challenges of cultural diversity and complex tobacco use, India's quit line service has been able to provide counseling to callers with prolonged abstinence and quit rates comparable to the various quit lines around the world.
控烟方法因国家而异，电话咨询是其中之一。电话咨询在戒烟方面的有效性已经在多个场合进行了讨论。印度的烟草问题比世界上任何其他国家都更为复杂。首先，烟草的消费方式多种多样，印度是一个多语言的大国，文化多样性显著。在印度，国家烟草戒烟热线服务（NTQLS）是一个政府运营的项目。本横断面研究回顾性分析了其 2016 年 5 月至 2021 年 5 月的数据，以确定印度的烟草使用流行率和模式，以及戒烟的戒断率。交互式语音应答系统（IVR）共收到 4611866 个电话。免费电话号码印在所有烟草产品上后，每天的电话量从 600 个增加到 5400 个。发现无烟烟草的使用更为普遍，男性使用吸烟和无烟烟草的可能性明显更高。戒烟后一个月和一年，分别有 33.42%和 21.9%的人保持无烟。研究强调了行为咨询在提高戒断率方面的功效。在烟草制品上印刷免费电话号码是扩大戒烟热线运作的有效策略。尽管面临文化多样性和复杂烟草使用的挑战，但印度的戒烟热线服务已经能够为拨打者提供咨询，使其保持长期戒断，戒断率可与世界各地的各种戒烟热线相媲美。
