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Thorax, 2000 Cigarette smoking is a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. It is the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the developed world. Smoking is a chronic relapsing disease. Optimal treatment includes nonpharmacologic support, together with pharmacotherapy. All clinicians should be comfortable with the use of nicotine
S I, Rennard, D M, Daughton
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Vascular Medicine, 2016 Smoking increases the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Smoking cessation before surgery reduces the risk of complications. The perioperative period may be a “teachable moment” for smoking cessation and provides smokers an opportunity to engage in long-term smoking cessation.
Elizabeth V, Ratchford, Natalie S, Evans
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Respiratory Care, 2003 Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and smoking cessation is the most effective means of stopping the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Worldwide, approximately a billion people smoke cigarettes and 80% reside in low-income and middle-income countries.
Scott P, Marlow, James K, Stoller
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Understanding the role of cessation fatigue in the smoking cessation process [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2013 To understand the dynamic process of cessation fatigue (i.e., the tiredness of trying to quit smoking) with respect to its average trend, effect on relapse, time-varying relations with craving and negative affect, and differences among genders and treatment groups.Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Xiaoyu, Liu +4 more
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Incentives for smoking cessation [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsFinancial incentives (money, vouchers, or self-deposits) can be used to positively reinforce smoking cessation. They may be used as one-off rewards, or in various schedules to reward steps towards sustained smoking abstinence (known as contingency management).
Notley, Caitlin +6 more
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Cytisine for smoking cessation [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018 Cytisine, primarily derived from the Cytisus laburnum plant (which inspired the development of varenicline), is a partial agonist of the α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor responsible for central effects of nicotine.[1][1] Oral cytisine reaches peak concentration two hours postdose[2][2] and ...
Taleen, Karnieg, Xiang, Wang
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Incentives for smoking cessation [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 Material or financial incentives are widely used in an attempt to precipitate or reinforce behaviour change, including smoking cessation. They operate in workplaces, in clinics and hospitals, and to a lesser extent within community programmes. In this third update of our review we now include trials conducted in pregnant women, to reflect the ...
Kate, Cahill +2 more
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Contemporary Smoking Cessation [PDF]
Cancer Control, 2000 Background Tobacco smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States today. Oncologists are in a unique position to affect the health and economic burdens of smoking by encouraging cessation among their patients who smoke. Methods
J L, Westmaas, V, Nath, T H, Brandon
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Smoking cessation and vaccination
European Respiratory Review, 2023 A significant proportion of COPD patients (∼40%) continue smoking despite knowing that they have the disease. Smokers with COPD exhibit higher levels of nicotine dependence, and have lower self-efficacy and self-esteem, which affects their ability to quit smoking.
Montes de Oca, Maria +1 more
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Antidepressants for smoking cessation [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 There are at least three reasons to believe antidepressants might help in smoking cessation. Firstly, nicotine withdrawal may produce depressive symptoms or precipitate a major depressive episode and antidepressants may relieve these. Secondly, nicotine may have antidepressant effects that maintain smoking, and antidepressants may substitute for this ...
Hughes, JR +4 more
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