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Chest, 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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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2021 Introduction Alcohol and tobacco are often used together. Studies have shown that some biological factors contribute to the concurrent use of alcohol and nicotine.
Raymond K. S. Ho +2 more
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Pulmonology, 2018 Objective To analyse the effectiveness and safety of two smoking cessation medications (varenicline and nicotine patches) in patients with controlled psychiatric disorders in daily practice in a Smoking Cessation Service.Methods This is a retrospective ...
C.A. Jimenez-Ruiz +5 more
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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020 Introduction People with psychotic disorders are associated with high prevalence of cigarette smoking and prevalence rates. Studies show that many smokers with psychotic disorders would like to stop smoking, yet the abstinence rate among them is low ...
Raymond K. S. Ho +4 more
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Cancer patients and smoking cessation
Nowotwory, 2023 Abstinence from smoking is the most important element of cancer prevention. Tobacco smoking is responsible for at least 15 different types of cancer and almost 30% of all cancer deaths.
Magdalena Cedzyńska +1 more
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How important are parents and partners for smoking cessation in adulthood? An event history analysis [PDF]
, 2003 Background. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of parental and partner’s education and smoking behavior on an individual’s chance of smoking cessation over the life course. Methods.
Graaf, Nan Dirk de, +2 more
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Predictors of smoking relapse in a cohort of adolescents and young adults in Monastir (Tunisia)
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2013 Background Smoking prevalence in adolescents and young adults is substantially elevated in Tunisia. Moreover, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the effectiveness and associated factors in smoking cessation interventions among adolescents and young ...
Sana El Mhamdi +5 more
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Acute reduction in secretory immunoglobulin A following smoking cessation [PDF]
, 2004 Smokers report an increase in upper respiratory infections in the early phase of stopping smoking. One possible cause is a depletion in secretory immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) which has been observed in one study.
Clow, A +6 more
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The effect of brief counselling and NRT sampling on the recruitment of smokers to quit smoking
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019 Introduction The smoking population has declined to 10.8% in Hong Kong in 2017 thematic household survey. The passive recruitment measures to motivated smokers to join smoking cessation service exclusively results in a significant missed opportunity to ...
Kin Sang Ho +7 more
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Health-Information Seeking and Intention to Quit Smoking: Do Health Beliefs Have a Mediating Role? [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Smoking is a leading cause of preventable deaths. Smoking cessation can reduce the risk of smoking-associated disease and death. But smoking cessation involves behaviour change.
Gakh, Maxim +2 more
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