Biopsychosocial Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Surakarta, Central Java [PDF]
Background: Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Seventy percent of smokers would like to quit smoking, and 50 percent report attempting to quit within the past year.
Atmojo, J. T. (Joko) +2 more
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Introduction The associations between depression and cigarette dependence had been established through a large amount of studies. Nevertheless, mechanisms underlying such association are not clearly recognized.
Carmela Martinez-Vispo +5 more
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A survey of UK optometry trainees' smoking cessation training [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Smoking is a risk factor for a number of eye conditions, including age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and thyroid eye disease. Smoking cessation interventions have been shown to be highly cost-effective when delivered by a range of ...
Doll R +8 more
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Co-use of tobacco and cannabis: Complicated partnerships
Introduction Treating addiction is more challenging when there are co-addictions. Tobacco smoking is commonly associated with substance abuse, alcohol use disorders, excessive caffeine intake and pathological gambling among other addictions.
I. Ganhao, M. Trigo, A. Paixao
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Eating the elephant whole or in slices: views of participants in a smoking cessation intervention trial on multiple behaviour changes as sequential or concurrent tasks [PDF]
Background: This paper explores smoking cessation participants’ perceptions of attempting weight management alongside smoking cessation within the context of a health improvement intervention implemented in Glasgow, Scotland.
Hankey, C. +4 more
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Vaping is associated with increased length of stay among cardiac inpatients
Introduction The rapid increase in e-cigarette use, especially among youth, raises significant health concerns. Understanding their impact on high-risk populations, such as those with cardiovascular disease, is crucial for improving patient outcomes and ...
Javad Heshmati +3 more
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The 40-day cytisine treatment for smoking cessation: the Italian experience.
Introduction In Eastern Europe, cytisine has been used a lot in smoking cessation while in Italy, it has only recently been introduced, however using a longer treatment schedule consisting of 40 days instead of 25 and a different posology.
Maria Sofia Cattaruzza +6 more
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Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy [PDF]
Cigarette smoking remains an important risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease and its many complications. There are clear benefits from treating tobacco dependence on the rate of clinical outcomes. In addition to behavioral therapies, various pharmacologic strategies have been developed to help achieve this goal. First-line therapies include
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Aversive smoking for smoking cessation [PDF]
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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Tobacco smoking and all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort study: findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence [PDF]
This study finds that up to two-thirds of deaths in current smokers in Australia can be attributed to smoking. Abstract Background The smoking epidemic in Australia is characterised by historic levels of prolonged smoking, heavy smoking, very ...
Alan D. Lopez +9 more
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