Impact on quit attempts of mailed general practitioner 'brief advice' letters plus nicotine replacement therapy vouchers

Explores if 'brief advice' letters from GPs that also included nicotine gum exchange cards could increase quit attempts and access to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in patients recorded as smokers. Hypothesises that calls to Quitline would be higher after smokers received the intervention than before and would also show a relative increase in comparison with a comparison district, and that relatively more NRT exchange cards would be redeemed in the intervention district compared with the comparison district. Also assesses if this approach was feasible and acceptable to patients and GPs. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.