INTRODUCTION Tobacco causes more than 8 million deaths each year. Behavioral interventions such as group therapy, which provides counselling for smoking cessation, can be delivered in group form and smokers who receive cessation counselling are more likely to quit smoking compared to no assistance. We review the evidence of group-based counselling for smoking cessation for smokers in Asian countries. METHODS The review aims to determine the availability of group-based therapy for smoking cessation in Asian countries. The outcome measured was abstinence from smoking following group therapy. Electronic database searches in PubMed, OVID Medline, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and PsycINFO, using keywords such as: 'smoking', 'cigarette', 'tobacco', 'nicotine', 'group therapy' and 'cessation' (smok*, *cigarette*, tobacco, nicotine, group therap*, cessation) were used. The results were reported following PRISMA and PROSPERO guidelines. Review Manager was used for data analysis. RESULTS A total of 21251 records were retrieved for screening the abstracts. In all, 300 articles for review were identified and assessed for eligibility. Nine articles, including Cochrane reviews, randomized control trials, cohort, observational and cross-sectional studies, were included in the final review. There were three observational qualitative studies, two prospective cohort studies, two crosssectional studies, one non-randomized quasi-experimental study and a single cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Group therapy was found to significantly increase the abstinence rate. Group therapy provided at the workplace, smoking cessation services, availability of pharmacotherapy, and socioeconomic status, appear to be key factors determining success. CONCLUSIONS Evidence of the use of group therapy for smoking cessation in Asian countries is still lacking despite publications in the Western population showed that group therapy was effective. Further research on group-based interventions for smoking cessation in Asian countries is required and direct one-to-one comparisons between group therapy and individual therapy for smokers who want to quit smoking, are needed.

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亚洲国家戒烟团体治疗计划的系统评价。

引言 烟草每年导致超过 800 万人死亡。行为干预，例如为戒烟提供咨询的小组治疗，可以以小组形式提供，与没有帮助的吸烟者相比，接受戒烟咨询的吸烟者更有可能戒烟。我们回顾了亚洲国家吸烟者戒烟团体咨询的证据。方法 该评价旨在确定亚洲国家戒烟团体治疗的可用性。测量的结果是在团体治疗后戒烟。在 PubMed、OVID Medline、SCOPUS、Google Scholar 和 PsycINFO 中进行电子数据库搜索，使用的关键字包括：“吸烟”、“香烟”、“烟草”、“尼古丁”、“团体治疗”和“戒烟”（smok*、*香烟*、烟草、尼古丁、团体治疗*、戒烟）。结果是根据 PRISMA 和 PROSPERO 指南报告的。Review Manager 用于数据分析。结果 共检索到 21251 条记录用于筛选摘要。总共确定了 300 篇要审查的文章并对其进行了资格评估。包括 Cochrane 综述、随机对照试验、队列研究、观察性研究和横断面研究在内的 9 篇文章被纳入最终综述。共有三项观察性定性研究、两项前瞻性队列研究、两项横断面研究、一项非随机准实验研究和一项整群随机对照试验。发现团体治疗可显着提高戒酒率。在工作场所提供的团体治疗、戒烟服务、药物疗法的可用性和社会经济地位似乎是决定成功的关键因素。结论 尽管西方人群的出版物表明团体治疗是有效的，但亚洲国家仍缺乏使用团体治疗戒烟的证据。亚洲国家需要进一步研究基于团体的戒烟干预措施，并且需要对想要戒烟的吸烟者进行团体治疗和个体治疗之间的直接一对一比较。