Among adult smokers who are not ready to quit, neither motivational nor reduction-based telephone interventions increased the odds of making a quit attempt (QA) in comparison to usual care at 6 months, according to a recent study. Researchers evaluated 560 smokers of ≥10 cigarettes a day who were not ready to quit in the next 30 days. Outcomes were assessed at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. They found:

• The probability of making a QA that lasted ≥24 hours was not significantly different between the motivational (38%) or the reduction (31%) conditions and the usual care (34%) condition.
• At 6 months, the motivational condition had marginally more abstinence than usual care, but the reduction condition was not significantly different from usual care.
• At 12 months, the motivational condition had significantly more abstinence than usual care and the reduction condition had marginally more abstinence than usual care.