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Motivational interviewing vs no treatment

Smoking cessation · tobacco smokers (adolescents, university students, adult primary care patients)

Motivational interviewing showed no clear difference in smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.84 [0.63, 1.12]
4 studies · 684 participants
Low

Motivational interviewing vs another smoking cessation intervention

Smoking cessation · tobacco smokers (general population, adolescents, offenders, homeless, substance users, hospital inpatients, HIV‐positive)

Motivational interviewing showed no clear difference in smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months compared with another smoking cessation intervention (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.24 [0.91, 1.69]
19 studies · 5192 participants
Low

Higher vs lower intensity motivational interviewing

Smoking cessation · tobacco smokers (general population, hospital inpatients with mixed diagnoses)

Higher may leads to higher smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months compared with lower intensity motivational interviewing (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.23 [1.11, 1.37]
5 studies · 5620 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months · tobacco smokers (general population, low income, inpatients and outpatients with mixed diagnoses)

The intervention showed no clear difference in smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.07 [0.85, 1.36]
12 studies · 4167 participants
Low