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Tobacco use and risk of COVID-19 infection in the Finnish general population

Scientific Reports, 2022
Empirical evidence, primarily based on hospital-based or voluntary samples, suggests that current smokers have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection than never smokers. In this study, we used nationally representative data to examine the association between
Sebastián Peña, Katja Ilmarinen, Laura Kestilä, Suvi Parikka, Sanna Kärkkäinen, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Ahmed Nabil Shaaban, Per Magnus, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Sakari Karvonen   +9 more
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Neural signatures of cognitive flexibility and reward sensitivity following nicotinic receptor stimulation in dependent smokers : a randomized trial [PDF]

, 2017
IMPORTANCE Withdrawal from nicotine is an important contributor to smoking relapse. Understanding how reward-based decision making is affected by abstinence and by pharmacotherapies such as nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline tartrate may aid ...
Aronson, Sarah E., Lesage, Elise, Ross, Thomas J., Salmeron, Betty Jo, Stein, Elliot A., Sutherland, Matthew T.   +5 more
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Nicotine replacement therapy [PDF]

BMJ, 1994
EDITOR, - Jin Ling Tang and colleagues' systematic analysis of randomised trails of the efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy in helping people to stop smoking1 is an important contribution to evidence of the effectiveness of nicotine gum and patches in stopping smoking. As the authors conclude, these aids …
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Overcoming Challenges to Treating Tobacco use During Pregnancy - A Qualitative study of Australian General Practitioners Barriers

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background General practitioners can play an important role in addressing smoking among pregnant women but studies suggest they rarely do so. The aim of this study was to explore general practitioners perceptions about the management of smoking in ...
Yael Bar-Zeev, Eliza Skelton, Billie Bonevski, Maree Gruppetta, Gillian S. Gould   +4 more
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Review: Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2018
Smoking is associated with numerous cancers and atherosclerosis. Smoking cessation has substantial potential in reducing morbidity and mortality worldwide. The initial steps “5 A’s” (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) should be applied in all patients.
Chok Limsuwat, Shigeki Saito, Karin Halvorson   +2 more
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The role of doctors in smoking cessation: evidence from the Cochrane Library

SA Heart Journal, 2021
This article examines the role of doctors in assisting patients who smoke to quit, using evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews of randomised trials.
Tim Lancaster
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Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy [PDF]

, 2016
No abstract ...
Bauld, Linda, Boyd, Kathleen, Tappin, David M.   +2 more
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Gender and sexual orientation differences in cognition across adulthood : age is kinder to women than to men regardless of sexual orientation [PDF]

, 2007
Despite some evidence of greater age-related deterioration of the brain in males than in females, gender differences in rates of cognitive aging have proved inconsistent.
A. E. Grulich, A. Herlitz, A. Herlitz, A. L. Benton, A. Lacreuse, A. Lacreuse, B. Hommel, C. A. Depp, C. Adams-Price, C. Brayne, C. E. Coffey, C. M. De Frias, C. R. De Luca, D. F. Halpern, D. F. Halpern, D. Julien, D. Kimura, E. Barrett-Connor, E. J. Meinz, E. M. Zelinski, Elizabeth A. Maylor, G. Der, G. J. Larrabee, G. J. Larrabee, H. L. Hawkins, H. Ryan, I. Silverman, Irwin Silverman, J. C. Pruessner, J. Cerella, J. Cohen, J. D. Sinnott, J. E. Yonker, J. S. Meyer, Jean Choi, K. O. McGraw, K. R. Allen, K. W. Schaie, L. Drabble, L. Ellis, L. Ellis, L. Hayflick, L. L. Barnes, M. Diehl, M. F. Elias, M. H. Birnbaum, M. J. Aartsen, M. King, M. L. Collaer, M. Lövdén, M. Peters, Marcia L. Collaer, Michael Peters, N. Dickson, N. Raz, N. Selwyn, P. E. Cowell, P. Rabbitt, P. Rabbitt, Q. Rahman, Q. Rahman, Q. Rahman, R. A. Dixon, R. de Graaf, R. W. Robins, R. W. Woodcock, S. Berg, S. D. Cochran, S. D. Gosling, S. J. Cutler, S. LeVay, S. P. Springer, S. Reimers, S. T. Stewart, Stian Reimers, T. A. Salthouse, T. A. Salthouse, T. A. Salthouse, T. Buchanan, T. G. M. Sandfort, T. Singer, T. T. Perls, T. T. Perls, U.-D. Reips, W. C. Wiederholt   +84 more
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The cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation support delivered by mobile phone text messaging: Txt2stop. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The txt2stop trial has shown that mobile-phone-based smoking cessation support doubles biochemically validated quitting at 6 months. This study examines the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation support delivered by mobile phone text ...
Cairns, John, Free, Caroline, Guerriero, Carla, Roberts, Ian, Rodgers, Anthony, Whittaker, Robyn   +5 more
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Nicotine replacement therapy

BMJ, 2004
Although products for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) have been available for over 20 years, they have been excluded until recently from state or insurance based health service provision in the United Kingdom and many other countries. They have therefore not been widely prescribed by doctors who help smokers wanting to quit.
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