High quit rate among smokers with XXXX in a modified smoking cessation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

@entity1 @entity358 @entity378 @entity734 @entity1907
SETTING: BRAC, a non-governmental organisation, implemented a modified smoking cessation programme for @entity378 ( @entity378 ) @entity1 based on International Union Against @entity358 (The Union) guidelines in 17 peri-urban centres of Dhaka, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a modified version of The Union's smoking cessation intervention was effective in promoting cessation among @entity378 @entity1 and determinants associated with quitting smoking. DESIGN: Cohort study of routinely collected data. RESULTS: A total of 3134 @entity378 @entity1 were registered from May 2011 to April 2012. Of these, 615 (20%) were current smokers, with a mean age of 38 years (  13.8). On treatment completion, 562 @entity1 were analysed, with 53 (9%) lost to follow-up or dead, while 82% of smokers had quit. @entity1 with @entity1907 were less likely to quit than those with @entity1907 . @entity1 with high-intensity @entity734 were less likely to quit than those with low-intensity @entity734 . CONCLUSION: This study suggests that a simplified smoking cessation intervention can be effective in promoting smoking cessation among @entity378 @entity1 in Bangladesh. This is encouraging for other low-resource settings; the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis Control Programme should consider nationwide scaling up and integration of this smoking cessation plan.
