[Tobacco cessation. Action-stage result as a predictor of successful long-term maintenance].

Objective: The paucity of long-term studies makes it difficult to evaluate the sustained abstinence over time of smokers who quit. The objective of the present study was to determine to what extent the results of tobacco cessation interventions are maintained after 5 years.

Patients And Methods: This was a longitudinal prospective study of 502 smokers.