The objective of the present study was to determine to what extent the results of tobacco cessation interventions are maintained after 5 years.
We will review the extent to which a sense of ownership of the interventions is maintained by stakeholders throughout the implementation of the interventions.
Given the dearth of evidence in this area, it is vital that public health interventions such as this are evaluated in other countries to ensure that there will be evidence‐based decisions on whether or not these interventions are maintained.
Future studies are also required to establish if the effect of such short-term interventions is maintained over time, and importantly if these effects influence future clinical behaviour and patient outcomes.
The results in this study provides evidence that the positive cost benefit ratio of clinical pharmacists' interventions is maintained over a longer period of time, with additional pharmacists and in a wider hospital setting.
The advantages of the intervention were maintained beyond effects of parental education and of children's gender, vocabulary, and social cognition level.
Gains made during the active intervention were maintained during the 6 months of self-management.
This suggests that the gains that occurred during the initial part of the intervention were maintained between A4 and A12.
This suggests that gains that occurred primarily during the initial period of the intervention were maintained over time.
Moreover, the effects of the intervention were maintained 8 months postintervention, and perceived social support and perceived stress were identified as significant mediators of sustained treatment outcome.
