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N O I O T W C T E Family Medicine and Community Health S ORIGINAL RESEARCH Effectiveness of an employment-based smoking cessation assistance program in China 1 2 3 3 3 Peizhong Li , Christopher Larrison , Richard Lennox , Matt Mollenhauer , David A. Sharar Abstract 1. Chestnut Global Partners, Objective: The objective of this study was to adapt an evidence-based smoking cessation China, Shanghai, China intervention initially developed in the United States to the Chinese context and evaluate the ef- 2. Healthcare Performance fectiveness of this intervention in China. Consulting representing Cease Method: A smoking cessation program from United States was adapted and implemented Smoking Today, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA through an Employee Assistance Program EAP in China. The intervention consisted of recom- 3. Chestnut Global Partners, mending medication and psychological counseling. Local EAP counselors received training on the Bloomington, Illinois, USA program and delivered the intervention to clients. Program evaluation examined the interventions effectiveness in helping clients quit or reduce the amount of smoking and nicotine dependence. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Results: Ninety-day follow-up showed that those who had completed the program were more Peizhong Li likely to remain abstinent, or stop smoking daily and have lower levels of nicotine dependence 555 West Guangzhong Road, P 0.05 than those who had dropped out. Shanghai, China 200072 Conclusions: The evidence-based cessation program is effective in helping Chinese smok- E-mail: Lipeizhong@eapchina. net ers quit or reduce the amount of smoking. Moreover, implementing such programs in an EAP setting is a practical approach to providing a wider spectrum of smokers with access to cessation Received 11 March 2015; assistance in China. Accepted 29 March 2015 Keywords: Smoking cessation; employee assistance program; program evaluation Introduction largest