Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation

A number of treatments can help smokers make a successful quit attempt, but many initially successful quitters relapse over time. Several interventions have been proposed to help prevent relapse.

A recent study has examined whether specific interventions for relapse prevention reduce the proportion of recent quitters who return to smoking.

Livingstone‐Banks  J, Norris  E, Hartmann‐Boyce  J, West  R, Jarvis  M, Hajek  P. Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003999. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003999.pub5.