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J Thai Trad Alt Med Vol. 19 No. 2 May-Aug 2021 379

Table 4 Number of cigarettes smoked per day before and after intervention in both groups.

Number of cigarettes smoked
Before After intervention
intervention 2 wk 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6
th
nd
(n = 87) (n = 84) month month month month month month
(n = 84) (n = 84) (n = 83) (n = 83) (n = 81) (n = 81)

Median 10.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00
Mean 10.18 4.93 4.30 3.88 3.65 3.05 2.57 2.46
SD 7.204 5.178 4.708 4.278 4.087 3.912 3.755 3.768
Minimum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Table 5 Results of smoking cessation at six months after intervention (n = 77).

Smoking behavior Experimental group (n = 41) Control group (n = 36) p-value
n (%) n (%)

Quit 19 (46.30) 15 (41.70) 0.68
Current smoking 22 (45.71) 21 (58.30)

*Pearson’s chi-squared test; α < 0.05

Discussion been proposed such as lozenges, herbal tea,

Smoking is a cause of non-communicable white flowers ride or natural foot reflexology.

diseases, especially cancer of lung and respi- However, the methods that can use for smok-
ratory organs, cardiovascular disease such ing cessation may also use many medication

as stroke and ischemic heart disease or the or the many methods together. This study is
lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary a single-blinded randomized controlled trial
disease. Smoking is a preventable health risk to compare the effects of smoking cessation

behavior that can use medications or the among non-communicable disease patients
consultations to modify this habit. The medica- at Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital. The pro-

tions that can use to stop smoking including gramme applied was based on the concept of
the modern medication and Thai medication a behavioral change by integrating modern
or Thai herbs. The Thai medicine that have medicine and Thai traditional medicine com-