Efficacy of a group tobacco cessation behavioral intervention among tobacco users with concomitant mental illness in Kenya: protocol for a controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background The rate of tobacco use among people with mental illness is nearly twice that of the general population. Psychotropic medications for tobacco cessation are relatively expensive for most Kenyans. Behavioral counseling and group therapy are effective lower cost strategies to promot...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Olando, Mary Kuria, Muthoni Mathai, Mark D. Huffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8040-2