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Reducing financial barrier of smoking cessation treatment can effectively enhance prolonged abstinence: an experience from Taiwan

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Taiwan has established nationwide smoking cessation treatment service which was founded by the revenue of cigarette taxation since 2002.
Chihkuan Lai, Beeyo Chen, Ming-Da Liu
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Cognitive-behavioral treatment with behavioral activation for smokers with depressive symptomatology: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Smoking is an important risk factor for mental health-related problems. Numerous studies have supported a bi-directional association between cigarette smoking and depression.
Elisardo Becoña, Carmela Martínez-Vispo, Carmen Senra, Ana López-Durán, Rubén Rodríguez-Cano, Elena Fernández del Río   +5 more
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Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks [PDF]

, 2012
Background: This paper explores smoking cessation participants’ perceptions of attempting weight management alongside smoking cessation within the context of a health improvement intervention implemented in Glasgow, Scotland.
Hankey, C., Koshy, P., Lean, M., Leslie, W., Mackenzie, M.   +4 more
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Resting state connectivity in people living with HIV before and after stopping heavy drinking

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundHeavy alcohol use in people living with HIV (PLWH) has widespread negative effects on neural functioning. It remains unclear whether experimentally-induced reduction in alcohol use could reverse these effects. We sought to determine the effects
Joseph M. Gullett, Jason DeFelice, Veronica L. Richards, Veronica L. Richards, Eric C. Porges, Ronald A. Cohen, Varan Govind, Teddy Salan, Yan Wang, Zhi Zhou, Robert L. Cook   +10 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 The authors describe and review the effectiveness of current smoking cessation interventions as ...
J L, Westmaas, V, Nath, T H, Brandon
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Smoking cessation during pregnancy: the influence of partners, family and friends on quitters and non-quitters [PDF]

, 2010
This research compared pregnant quitters’ and non-quitters’ accounts of how partners, family and friends influenced their smoking cessation attempts.
Aaronson, Acharya, Akhtar, Aveyard, Bursey, Caplan, Carbonari, Carstairs, Casper, Cnattingius, Coppotelli, Delpisheh, Denham, Department of Health, Dunn, Dunn, Edwards, Fingerhut, Ford, Forrest, Foulds, Ginsberg, Glasgow, Harwood, Haslam, Haug, Hoffman, Hyland, Hymowitz, Irwin, Jarvis, Judge, Jun, Kyrklund-Blomberg, Lichtenstein, Lumley, Mallin, Manfredi, McBride, McBride, McBride, McEwen, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Committee on Safety of Medicines, Mermelstein, Mermelstein, Muhr, Mullen, Nichter, Norman, Ockene, Opp, Park, Park, Penn, Phillips, Pickett, Pollak, Pollak, Prochaska, Quinn, Reno, Rhodes, Rimal, Ritchie, Ruggiero, Russell, Ryan, Schaffer, Severson, Slade, Stotts, Stotts, Suzuki, Tappin, Thompson, Usmani, Van Den Putte, Velicer, Wakefield, Wakschlag, Walsh   +80 more
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Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen, Doben, Andrew, Gross, Ronald, Korntner, Samuel, Nahmias, Jeffry, Poola, Shiva   +5 more
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The postfinasteride syndrome; an overview [PDF]

, 2016
As a 5-α reductase inhibitor, Finasteride has proven effective in ameliorating two conditions documented to be androgen dependent, namely male androgenic alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Therapeutic results are maintained as long as the drug is
Banu, Petrisor, Bălălău, Cristian, Constantin, Vlad D., Motofei, Ion G., Popa, Florian, Păunică, Georgeta P., Păunică, Ioana, Păunică, Stana, Rowland, David L., Vasilache, Adriana   +9 more
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Uptake of early infant diagnosis (EID) at six weeks after cessation of breastfeeding among HIV exposed children: A cross sectional survey at six high volume health facilities in Iringa, Tanzania

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2018
Introduction: Approximately 6% of the deaths among children aged below five years in Tanzania is attributed to HIV/AIDS. Most of these deaths could be prevented if these children were identified, diagnosed and initiated on HIV treatment early.
Sophia Samson, Rose N. Mpembeni, Prosper F. Njau, Rogati S. Kishimba   +3 more
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Tobacco use among Kola Sámi, the indigenous people of the Murmansk region, Russia: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
Russia is among the top ten nations in terms of smoking prevalence. Little is known about smoking rates among Indigenous Peoples in Russia. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of tobacco and nicotine product use among Kola peninsula Sámi. An exploratory
Alexander Merkin, Sofya Akinfieva, Artem Nikolaev, Elena Rocheva, Alexander Komarov, Igor Nikiforov, Marewa Glover   +6 more
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