Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial.

BACKGROUND

Up to 50% of those attending for low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer continue to smoke and co-delivery of smoking cessation services alongside screening may maximise clinical benefit. Here we present data from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST).

METHODS

Eligible YLST participants were offered an immediate consultation with a smoking cessation practitioner (SCP) at their screening visit with ongoing smoking cessation support over subsequent weeks.

RESULTS

Of 2150 eligible participants, 1905 (89%) accepted the offer of an SCP consultation during their initial visit, with 1609 (75%) receiving ongoing smoking cessation support over subsequent weeks. Uptake of ongoing support was not associated with age, ethnicity, deprivation or educational level in multivariable analyses, although men were less likely to engage (adjusted OR (OR

CONCLUSIONS

There was high uptake for co-located opt-out smoking cessation support across a wide range of participant demographics. Protected funding for integrated smoking cessation services should be considered to maximise programme equity and benefit.

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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest: R.L. Murray reports lecture honoraria and travel reimbursement from AstraZeneca, grant funding from Cancer Research UK, Horizon 2020 and UK Prevention Partnership, is a member of the Board of Trustees of and has received consultancy fees from Action on Smoking and Health, and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, outside the submitted work. P.A.J. Crosbie reports consulting fees and stock options from Everest Detection, lecture honoraria from AstraZeneca, designing a questionnaire for Novartis, and designing a study for North West eHealth, outside the submitted work. D. Baldwin reports lecture honoraria from MSD, AstraZeneca, Roche and BMS, outside the submitted work. J. Britton reports provision of a legal report commissioned by lawyers acting for vape retailers in Canada against a proposed prohibition of vape flavours by the New Brunswick government. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.