Effectiveness of anti-smoking interventions towards community: a meta-analysis study

Objectives: Smoking is one of the biggest public health problems in world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared MPOWER package which provides a guide for tobacco control. includes six evidence based anti-smoking interventions. This meta-analysis study aims to assess effectiveness - (M)onitor, (P)rotect, (O)ffer, (W)arn, (E)nforce, and (R)aise. In study, "smoking prevalence rate, smoking cessation rate number cigarettes smoked daily" outputs were used adult adolescent age groups. Methods: Literature search been made with "smok*, tobacco, cigarette*" keywords from databases Medline, Web Science, Scopus, Cochrane-Library. Abstracts assessed detail according inclusion criteria by research team. Quality articles was evaluated modified Jadad criteria. follow-up periods determined two groups named as short long term periods. We random effects model (p ≤ 0.05) fixed > heterogeneity test results. Results: P O interventions, are increased adults 39% longest period RR: 1.39 (1.23-1.57). However, it that interventions not effective on adolescents 1.13 (0.90-1.42). Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) most intervention adults. W decreased 13% OR: 0.87 (0.82-0.92). P, E 26% 0.74 (0.68-0.80). Conclusions: affect daily different Well-controlled, well-planned cost-effective have great importance protection.