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Thorax, 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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Respiratory Care, 2003 Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and smoking cessation is the most effective means of stopping the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Worldwide, approximately a billion people smoke cigarettes and 80% reside in low-income and middle-income countries.
Scott P, Marlow, James K, Stoller
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Vascular Medicine, 2016 Smoking increases the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Smoking cessation before surgery reduces the risk of complications. The perioperative period may be a “teachable moment” for smoking cessation and provides smokers an opportunity to engage in long-term smoking cessation.
Elizabeth V, Ratchford, Natalie S, Evans
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Aversive smoking for smoking cessation [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1997 Aversion therapy pairs the pleasurable stimulus of smoking a cigarette with some unpleasant stimulus. The objective is to extinguish the urge to smoke.This review has two aims. First, to determine the efficacy of rapid smoking and other aversive methods in helping smokers stop smoking.
P, Hajek, L F, Stead
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Pilot study of a 3-day residential treatment for smoking cessation in Hong Kong
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018 Introduction The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation has been providing free smoking cessation services since 2009. The average quit rate from 2009 to 2014 was 37%.
Raymond Kin Sang HO +2 more
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Development of the health and economic consequences of smoking interactive model [PDF]
, 2001 Objective-To describe the health and economic consequences of smoking model, a user friendly, web based tool, designed to estimate the health and economic outcomes associated with smoking and the benefits of smoking cessation.
Godfrey, C +4 more
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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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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 +5 more
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Motivating Parents of Kids with Asthma to Quit Smoking: The Effect of the Teachable Moment and Increasing Intervention Intensity Using a Longitudinal Randomized Trial Design [PDF]
, 2016 Aims—We tested two aims: 1) The Teachable Moment (TM): whether second hand smoke exposure (SHSe) feedback motivates cessation in parents of children with asthma vs.
Borrelli, Belinda, Tooley, Erin M.
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A Mobile App to Aid Smoking Cessation: Preliminary Evaluation of SmokeFree28 [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Little is known about the effectiveness of mobile apps in aiding smoking cessation or their validity for automated collection of data on smoking cessation outcomes.
Kotz, D +4 more
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