Seasonal Variation in Demand for Smoking Cessation Treatment and Clinical Outcomes.

Scott Veldhuizen Laurie ZawertailoAnna IvanovaSarwar HussainPeter L Selby

Published in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)

Demand for tobacco cessation treatment and clinical outcomes vary seasonally. This underscores the importance of context in substance-related problems, and implies that some variability in research and evaluation results may be due to the time of year data were collected. Promotion efforts might usefully consider seasonal effects to smooth out demand and possibly improve outcomes.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
replacement therapy
mental health
combination therapy
big data
skeletal muscle
weight loss
quality improvement
data analysis