Concurrent use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in MinnesotaRaymond G Boyle
Research Program, ClearWay Minnesota, 8011 34th Avenue South, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
J Environ Public Health 2012:493109. 2012
..The findings are suggestive that some Minnesota smokers are switching to concurrent use of cigarettes and SLT. Future surveillance reports will be necessary to confirm the results...
Electronic medical records to increase the clinical treatment of tobacco dependence: a systematic reviewRaymond G Boyle
ClearWay Minnesota SM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:S77-82. 2010
..The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the evidence for such an effect...
Offering telephone counseling to smokers using pharmacotherapyRaymond G Boyle
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:S19-27. 2005
..The results varied by gender and amount smoked. In addition, the variables associated with quitting in a multivariate logistic regression model included older age and using more than 30 days of medication...
- Proactive recruitment of health plan smokers into telephone counseling
Raymond G Boyle
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:581-9. 2007
..Although other variations of this approach might be tested, we suspect that it might be more useful to test innovative ways to influence the factors we identified as being most strongly predictive of lack of successful quitting...
- A randomized controlled trial of Telephone Counseling with smokeless tobacco users: the ChewFree Minnesota study
Raymond G Boyle
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1433-40. 2008
..Proactive telephone-based counseling is an effective strategy for improving cessation rates among ST users. Future research should determine the components contributing to the intervention success...
- Young adult smokers: are they different?
Leif I Solberg
HealthPartners Research Foundation, PO Box 1524, MS 21111R, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:626-32. 2007
..To compare smoking-cessation interest and behaviors in younger and older smokers to develop better smoking-cessation strategies for younger smokers...
- Frequency of physician-directed assistance for smoking cessation in patients receiving cessation medications
Leif I Solberg
HealthPartners and HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440 1524, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:656-60. 2005
..Little is known about current physician-patient interactions regarding smoking cessation when a prescription is given for cessation medications...
- Cessation outcomes among treatment-seeking menthol and nonmenthol smokers
Joanne D'Silva
ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S242-8. 2012
..With 39% of menthol smokers reporting that they would quit smoking if menthol cigarettes were banned, there is a need to better understand whether existing cessation programs, such as quitlines, are serving menthol smokers...
- Smokefree home rules adoption by smokers and nonsmokers: Minnesota, 1999-2010
Ann W St Claire
ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S197-204. 2012
..Smokefree workplace policies have successfully limited indoor exposure to secondhand smoke. However, exposure still exists in other indoor locations, most notably in the home...
- Does insurance coverage for drug therapy affect smoking cessation?
Raymond G Boyle
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:162-8. 2002
..Further studies are needed to test whether greater efforts to make smokers aware of insurance benefits or adding other types of cessation support might lead to any beneficial effects...
- Recruitment to mail and telephone interventions for obesity in a managed care environment: the Weigh-To-Be project
Robert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:378-82. 2004
..To evaluate the success of mail- and telephone-based weight loss programs in recruiting a representative sample of overweight members of a managed care organization (MCO)...
- The relation between media promotions and service volume for a statewide tobacco quitline and a web-based cessation program
Barbara A Schillo
ClearWay Minnesota SM, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
BMC Public Health 11:939. 2011
..This observational study assessed the relation between mass media campaigns and service volume for a statewide tobacco cessation quitline and stand-alone web-based cessation program...
- Physician-patient interaction for smoking cessation medications: a dance of mutual accommodation?
Leif I Solberg
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 19:251-7. 2006
..To study physician-smoker interactions around the receipt of smoking cessation medication prescriptions to better understand the low rates of reported assistance and follow-up...
- Experience of smokers and recent quitters with smokefree regulations and quitting
Anne E Betzner
Professional Data Analysts, Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S163-70. 2012
..Bans on smoking in public areas have increased as knowledge of secondhand smoke dangers has grown. Restrictions on smoking in public areas may lead to less smoking and increased quitting...
- Evaluating strategies and costs to recruit smokeless tobacco users
Raymond G Boyle
HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8170 33rd Avenue South, MS 21111R Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
Addict Behav 32:3088-92. 2007
..The overall cost was expensive but reflected the geographic diversity of recruitment and the prevalence of oral snuff use...
- Evaluation of a tailored approach for tobacco dependence treatment for American Indians
Joanne D'Silva
ClearWay Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425, USA
Am J Health Promot 25:S66-9. 2011
..Evaluate a tailored approach for tobacco dependence treatment for American Indians...
- Computer-assisted guidance for dental office tobacco-cessation counseling: a randomized controlled trial
D Brad Rindal
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
Am J Prev Med 44:260-4. 2013
..Translation of those guidelines into practice, however, remains low. Approaches that involve screening for drug use, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) are a promising, practical solution...
- A randomized trial of telephone counseling with adult moist snuff users
Raymond G Boyle
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:347-51. 2004
..To evaluate telephone counseling for moist snuff use...
- A platform for population-based weight management: description of a health plan-based integrated systems approach
Nicolaas P Pronk
Center for Health Promotion, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minn 55440, USA
Am J Manag Care 8:847-57. 2002
..To describe an integrated, operational platform from which mail- and telephone-based health promotion programs are implemented and to specifically relate this approach to weight management programming in a managed care setting...
- Physician smoking-cessation actions: are they dependent on insurance coverage or on patients?
Leif I Solberg
Health Partners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:160-5. 2002
..We tested the hypothesis that the introduction of coverage for smoking-cessation pharmacotherapy by the health plans covering most of the population in one region would increase physician use of 5A's...
- Health information exchange: participation by Minnesota primary care practices
Patricia Fontaine
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:622-9. 2010
..To achieve these goals, small primary care practices must participate. Factors that motivate or prevent them from doing so are examined...
