TY - JOUR T1 - <span hwp:id="article-title-1" class="article-title">Telling smokers their “lung age” promoted successful smoking cessation</span><span hwp:id="article-title-2" class="sub-article-title">Commentary</span> JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 76 LP - 76 DO - 10.1136/ebn.11.3.76 VL - 11 IS - 3 AU - George Shuster Y1 - 2008/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/11/3/76.abstract N2 - G ParkesDr G Parkes, The Limes Surgery, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK; parkesko@hotmail.co.ukDoes describing to patients how smoking has accelerated their age-related decline in lung function (“lung age”) increase smoking cessation rates?Design:randomised controlled trial.Allocation:concealed.Blinding:blinded (outcome assessors).Follow-up period:12 months.Setting:5 general practices in Hertfordshire, UK.Patients:561 current smokers ⩾35 years of age (mean age 53 y, 54% women, mean 17 cigarettes/d, mean 33 pack-y of smoking). Patients receiving oxygen or with a history of lung cancer, tuberculosis, asbestosis, silicosis, bronchiectasis, or pneumonectomy were excluded.Intervention:all patients had spirometry at baseline to measure forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1). Patients in the intervention group (n = 280) were immediately given their results verbally and graphically as “lung age” (the age … ER -