The effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in an Australian population: a study protocol for a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial [PDF]
, 2019 Smoking cessation medications are effective but often underutilised because of costs and side effects. Cytisine is a plant-based smoking cessation medication with over 50 years of use in Central and Eastern Europe.
Boland, Veronica C. +19 more
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Be wary of subsidising nicotine replacement therapy [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2002 The efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) as a smoking cessation aid has been convincingly demonstrated in a large number of studies, including many randomised trials.1 Findings from these studies have prompted suggestions that widespread access to NRT could substantially increase quitting in a population, thereby reducing population smoking ...
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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 +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Efficacy of exercise counselling as an aid for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2003 To examine whether exercise counselling increases smoking abstinence and reduces tobacco withdrawal and gains in weight and body ...
Adrian Taylor +51 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 +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 +2 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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Does smoking reduction in midlife reduce mortality risk? Results of 2 long-term prospective cohort studies of men and women in Scotland [PDF]
, 2013 A long-term cohort study of working men in Israel found that smokers who reduced their cigarette consumption had lower subsequent mortality rates than those who did not. We conducted comparable analyses in 2 populations of smokers in Scotland.
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