The study can be extrapolated to a similar high risk group young smokers of 18—24 years. The intervention used has already been proven to be effective in motivating the participants to quit smoking. The biological gradient of the intervention is mentioned in Table 1. The intervention cohers with both the epidemiological and clinical findings. There exists a causal relationship between the exposure i. Technologies including internet, social networking sites, and smartphones have the potential to reach large young populations.
This method of smoking cessation can be incorporated in the traditional method of 5As — Ask, Assess, Advice, Assist and Arrange. Visualizing age changes would help to improve the level of motivation of the patient in smoking cessation.
Adjuncts with NRT including nicotine gum, nasal spray, oral inhaler, and pharmacological alternatives could improve the outcome of smoking cessation. The clinical relevance of this smoking cessation method includes a long term and efficient results as it works through the contemplation stage of behavior modification. The attrition There was a substantial increase in the risk of contamination between study and control group participants due to the long duration of the study and the open recruitment of the participants from the same boarding house.
This could have led to similar reporting of the answers and generalized response to the questionnaire. The participants and researcher could not be blinded to the study group because of the nature of the study. An improved multi-centric trial could be conducted for a better generalizability of the results. This method is new-fangled, amusing and admissible by the smokers in delivering smoking cessation advice compared to other methods.
The association between the attitude towards quitting smoking and knowledge regarding the effects of health has been clearly established. Thus, it can be deduced that this method of delivering smoking cessation advice to the age group of 18—24 years is one of its kind and can be implemented in tobacco cessation cells. The authors would like to thank Mr. Ron Ester, Manager, Aprilage Face ageing Software, for giving permission to conduct an interventional study using the software.
National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Indian J Community Med. Published online Oct Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. Address for correspondence: Dr. E-mail: ni. Received Jan 23; Accepted Jun This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4. This article has been corrected. See Indian J Community Med.
This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Materials and Methods: A total of engineering college students were randomized into two groups: intervention and control. Results: Significant reduction in nicotine dependency, was seen in Conclusion: Aging software intervention is contemporary, congenial, and admissible and can be espoused to educate youngsters along with the conventional motivational methods.
Keywords: Cessation, intervention, tobacco. Open in a separate window. Figure 1. Figure 2. Table 1 The Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence score comparisons. Limitations The attrition Financial support and sponsorship Nil. Conflicts of interest There are no conflicts of interest. Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Mr.
Prevalence patterns and profile of adolescent tobacco users findings from a youth survey: A cross-sectional study. J Family Med Prim Care. Roy P, Goel S. Is female smoking rising or declining in India? South Asian J Cancer. Affective and situational precipitants of smoking lapses among adolescents. Nicotine Tob Res. At face value: Age progression software provides personalised demonstration of the effects of smoking on appearance. Tob Control. The study also found that the smokers were willing to pay for the photo-aging service.
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