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Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 2009
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]

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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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]

, 2012
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., Koshy, P., Lean, M., Leslie, W., Mackenzie, M.   +4 more
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Association of Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Smoking Cessation With Preterm Birth

JAMA Network Open, 2019
Key Points Question Does an association exist between maternal cigarette smoking cessation during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth? Findings In this cross-sectional study of more than 25 million pregnant women, only approximately 1 of 4 women who ...
S. Soneji, H. Beltrán-Sánchez
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz, Laura de la Torre‐Perez, David R Baldwin, Carlijn van der Aalst, Mangesh Thorat, David Ritchie, Andre L Carvalho, Carolina Espina, Ivan Solà, Carlos Canelo‐Aybar, Moira Magdalena Pissinis, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto   +12 more
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Metabolic Changes Following Smoking Cessation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Biomedicines
Background: Smoking cessation is crucial for reducing complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but associated weight gain can worsen glycemic control, discouraging quitting attempts.
Stamatina Driva, Aliki Korkontzelou, Serena Tonstad, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Eleni Litsiou, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Alice G. Vassiliou, Vassiliki Saltagianni, Paraskevi Katsaounou   +8 more
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Assessing the effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in the State of Qatar: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2015
Background It had been reported that up to 37% of the adult male population smokes cigarettes in Qatar. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey also stated that 13.4% of male school students aged 13 to 15 years in Qatar smoke cigarettes. Smoking cessation is key
Maguy Saffouh El Hajj, Nadir Kheir, Ahmad Mohd Al Mulla, Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Ahmad Al Kaddour, Ziyad R Mahfoud, Mohammad Salehi, Nadia Fanous   +7 more
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The association between antitobacco advertising and calls to a tobacco Russian Quitline

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Russian Quitline was organized in 2011, National Tobacco Control mass media campaigns are held with 2012 to 2016, National Tobacco Control Law was passed in 2013.This study examines the effects of media campaign on telephone quitline for ...
Olga Sukhovskaya, Petr Yablonskiy
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Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019
BACKGROUND Hypnotherapy is widely promoted as a method for aiding smoking cessation. It is intended to act on underlying impulses to weaken the desire to smoke, or strengthen the will to stop.
Joanne Barnes, H. McRobbie, C. Dong, Natalie Walker, J. Hartmann-Boyce   +4 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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