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Table 1 Reach and Adoption of Smoking Cessation Workshops in Ontario, Canada: 2007–2016

From: Public health impact of a novel smoking cessation outreach program in Ontario, Canada

Year

Number of workshops (range for individual PHUs)

Reach

Adoption

Number of enrollments (range for individual PHUs)

Proportion of eligible smokers in Ontario reacheda

Number of PHUs that partnered with STOP to deliver workshops

Number of partnering PHUs that delivered workshops without STOP on-site

2007

64 (1–7)

2927 (13–673)

0.2%

20 (56%)

N/A

2008

109 (1–7)

3082 (6–241)

0.2%

29 (81%)

N/A

2009

31 (1–6)

821 (4–153)

0.1%

12 (33%)b

N/A

2010

69 (1–13)

1788 (5–192)

0.2%

20 (56%)b

N/A

2011

85 (1–8)

2675 (28–219)

0.2%

31 (86%)

1/31 (3%)

2012

107 (1–17)

1981 (14–358)

0.2%

26 (72%)

6/26 (23%)

2013

149 (1–15)

2700 (5–300)

0.2%

35 (97%)

22/35 (63%)

2014

286 (1–25)

3583 (3–302)

0.3%

33 (92%)

29/33 (93%)

2015

252 (1–29)

2876 (4–459)

N/A

30 (83%)

28/30 (93%)

2016

442 (1–53)

3689 (5–485)

N/A

29 (81%)

29/29 (100%)

2007–2016

Total = 1594

Total = 26,122

Average = 0.2%

Total = 36/36c

Total = 34/36c

  1. In addition to workshops held in partnership with PHUs, the total number of workshops and enrollments also includes workshops held in partnership with a small number of other healthcare-related organizations
  2. N/A Not available, PHU Public Health Unit
  3. aBased on Canadian Community Health Survey estimates of daily smokers (10+ cigarettes/day; at least 18 years old); not available for 2015–2016 at time of analysis [36,37,38,39]
  4. bFewer workshops due to funding gap for period between 2009 and 2010
  5. cAt least one year between 2007 and 2016