CEASE Intervention Program in Pediatric Practices Successful
Nabi-Burza E, Drehmer JE, Walters BH, et al. The Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. [published online August 12, 2019]. JAMA Pediatrics. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2639. Here
Researchers sought to determine if the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) intervention program could be implemented and sustained in pediatric practices.
“Among the 822 CEASE implemented and 701 control group eligible parents, 364 (44.3%) in the intervention groups received meaningful treatment at the visit as opposed to only 1 (0.1%) in the control practices (risk difference of 44% [95% CI, 9.8%-84.8%]). This data showcases the immediate impact of CEASE implementation after only 2 weeks.
Smoking prevalence over the 2 years of intervention implementation revealed a stark contrast (−2.7% vs 1.1%; difference −3.7% [95% CI, −6.3% to −1.2%]), as did the cotinine-confirmed quit rate (2.4% vs −3.2%; difference, 5.5% [95% CI, 1.4%-9.6%]) compared to the control group.”
