The combination of a smoking cessation programme with rehabilitation increases stop-smoking rate.

Objective And Study Design: A parallel group study to investigate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme performed during routine rehabilitation practice for outpatients.

Patients And Methods: The study participants comprised an intervention group of 102 consecutive smokers who underwent a smoking cessation programme in a rehabilitation centre and a control group of 101 consecutive smokers who were referred to a smoking cessation centre in a pulmonary hospital. All participants underwent physical examination,pulmonary function tests and received identical behavioural and/or pharmacological treatment.