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"Results" among those making 1 attendance only.
199 made 1 attendance only so that there was no opportunity to record their results
on a later occasion. However, a certain number did write or phone the clinic and
sometimes mentioned how much they were smoking.
24 (12. 1%) said they were smoking 5 or fewer cigarettes a day.
12 (6%) said they had stopped altogether.
Comment
1. No follow up figures are available.
An attempt was made at a postal follow up. 200 letters of enquiry were sent out
in November, 1966, to those who had attended the clinic in 1962-3. 35 replied. The
answers have been included as 'successes' or 'stopped' as relevant in the tables, but,
in fact, only 6 replies claimed success.
2. The percentage of 'effective attenders' stopping (28.1%) is almost identical with
the percentage given by Cruickshank 1965 in his summary of smoking clinics. There is
some evidence that the percentage stopping is showing a tendency to increase over the
years, but since there are not full figures for 1966-7 yet, this is not confirmed.
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