L. Renaud et al., CAN A CONTEST ENCOURAGE SMOKERS FROM LOW- INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO STOP SMOKING FOR 6 WEEKS, Canadian journal of public health, 86(3), 1995, pp. 170-175
A contest to encourage smokers to quite and to remain nonsmokers for a
t least six weeks was held in a low income neighbourhood in Montreal.
The contest was one of many activities for a multifactorial community-
based heart health promotion program. The objective of this article is
to describe the intervention and its evaluation and to reflect on its
relative successes. Thirty-one persons registered for the contest, se
ven stopped smoking during the six-week contest, and six persons remai
ned abstinent two weeks after the end of it. Concrete recommendations
regarding the contest and implementation of a smoking cessation progra
m are discussed.