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Co-designing Behavior Change Resources With Treatment-Seeking Smokers: Engagement Events' Findings

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Primary care organizations are well-suited to help patients change their unhealthy behaviors. Evidence shows that risk communication and self-monitoring of behavior are is an effective strategy practitioners can use to promote health behavior
Nadia Minian   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of COVID-19 on smoking cessation outcomes in a large primary care treatment programme: an observational study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has changed patterns of smoking, other substance use and other health-related behaviours, leading to a virtualisation of non-urgent medical care.
Scott Veldhuizen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
core   +1 more source

Cocreation of a conversational agent to help patients adhere to their varenicline treatment: A study protocol

open access: yesDigital Health, 2023
Objective Varenicline is the most efficacious approved smoking cessation medication, making it one of the most cost-effective clinical interventions for reducing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Adhering to varenicline is strongly associated with
Nadia Minian   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of a clinical decision support system on prompting an intervention for risky alcohol use in a primary care smoking cessation program: a cluster randomized trial

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2019
Background Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) may promote practitioner adherence to evidence-based guidelines. This study examined if the addition of a CDSS influenced practitioner delivery of a brief intervention with treatment-seeking smokers ...
Nadia Minian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predisposing and protective factors influencing suicide ideation, attempt, and death in patients accessing substance use treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background The lifetime risk of suicide in patients with substance use disorder is five to ten times the risk in the general population. Critically, up to 19% of patients continue to think about and attempt suicide even after accessing treatment ...
S. Espinet   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic influences impacting nicotine use and abuse during adolescence: Insights from human and rodent studies

open access: yesBrain Research Bulletin, 2022
Nicotine use continues to be a major public health concern, with an alarming recent rise in electronic cigarette consumption. Heritability estimates of nicotine use and abuse range from 40% to 80%, providing strong evidence that genetic factors impact ...
Lisa R. Goldberg, Thomas J. Gould
doaj   +1 more source

LEVELS OF NICOTINE ADDICTION IN CONSUMERS OF THE LATEST TOBACCO PRODUCTS

open access: yesActa Medica Leopoliensia, 2023
Aim. Determining the level of nicotine addiction in consumers of the latest tobacco products. Materials and Methods. We have surveyed 817 young people (from 18 to 45 years of age) living in Lviv region. Among them, two focus groups were distinguished:
Svitlana Kozii-Bredelieva   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Randomised trial of nicotine assisted reduction to stop in pharmacies - The RedPharm Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Public policy and clinical treatment in tobacco addiction in the UK has focused on cessation: an abrupt attempt to stop all cigarettes. However, recent evidence suggests that allowing more gradual withdrawal from tobacco or even permanent ...
Rachel Bridson   +31 more
core   +2 more sources

Rapid reduction versus abrupt quitting for smokers who want to stop soon: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: The standard way to stop smoking is to stop abruptly on a quit day with no prior reduction in consumption of cigarettes. Many smokers feel that reduction is natural and if reduction programmes were offered, many more might take up treatment ...
Lindson, N   +29 more
core   +3 more sources

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