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Views on electronic cigarette use in tobacco screening and cessation in an Alaska Native healthcare setting [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2015
Background: American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities confront some of the highest rates of tobacco use and its sequelae. Methods: This formative research project sought to identify the perspectives of 41 stakeholders (community members ...
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, Jaedon P. Avey, Susan B. Trinidad, Julie A. Beans, Renee F. Robinson   +4 more
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Exposure to the number of tobacco control policies and tobacco use cessation among adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

, 2018
Background Tobacco use and tobacco-induced diseases are rapidly increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Addressing this problem requires both tobacco use prevention and cessation. This study examined the rate of smoking cessation and assessed effects of
Hadii Mamudu, Abdallah Ibrahim, Ahmed Ouma, Edward Brenya, Rijo John, Daniel Owusu, Liang Wang, Bossman Asare   +7 more
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Different Pattern of Treatment Failure After Chemoradiation Between p16+ and p16− Patients Affected by Oropharyngeal Carcinoma

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) exhibits distinct clinical behaviors according to HPV/p16 status and smoking exposure. While HPV‐positive OPC generally shows superior survival, differences in recurrence patterns remain unclear. Methods A retrospective multicenter analysis of 674 AJCC VII edition Stage III–IVa/b OPC patients treated with ...
Riccardo Gili, Paolo Bossi, Luca Lalli, Lisa Francesca Linda Licitra, Marta Maddalo, Almalina Bacigalupo, Liliana Belgioia, Jon Cacicedo, Nadia Facchinetti, Almudena Garcia Castano, Marc Oliva, Pierluigi Bonomo, Giuseppe Sanguineti, Pierfrancesco Franco, Athanassios Argiris, Amanda Psyrri, Ester Orlandi   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinicians' awareness of the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation treatment for pregnant women covered by Medicaid

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to provide tobacco-cessation services without cost-sharing for pregnant traditional Medicaid-beneficiaries effective October 2010.
Van T. Tong, Lucinda J. England, Ann Malarcher, Jeanne Mahoney, Britta Anderson, Jay Schulkin   +5 more
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Integrating the promotion of physical activity within a smoking cessation programme: Findings from collaborative action research in UK Stop Smoking Services [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Within the framework of collaborative action research, the aim was to explore the feasibility of developing and embedding physical activity promotion as a smoking cessation aid within UK 6/7-week National Health Service (NHS) Stop Smoking ...
Everson-Hock, ES, Taylor Adrian H, Adrian H Taylor, Taylor, AH, Michael Ussher, Taylor, Adrian H, Taylor, Adrian H., Taylor, A.H., Everson-Hock, Emma S, Everson-Hock Emma S, Ussher, M, Ussher, M., Everson-Hock, E.S., Everson-Hock, Emma S., Ussher, Michael, Ussher Michael, Emma S Everson-Hock   +16 more
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Pattern of Progression of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders From Real‐World Data: A 24‐Year Study

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD) prognostication is limited by uncertainty of which lesions will progress and the aggressiveness of lesion progression. We defined patterns and kinetics of progression in a large cohort of OPMD subjected to serial clinical and histologic examinations. Methods This 24‐year study evaluated the
Subin Surendran, Sumsum P. Sunny, Preethi M. Chathoth, William J. Magner, S. Lynn Sigurdson, Mihai Merzianu, Norbert Sule, Anurag K. Singh, Kimberly E. Wooten, Ryan P. McSpadden, Vishal Gupta, Amritha Suresh, Ashok Z. Samuel, Rohit Bhargava, Praveen N. Birur, Wesley L. Hicks Jr, Moni Abraham Kuriakose   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco use and cessation counseling in a population of health professions students in South Africa

, 2011
Includes bibliographical references.Tobacco is a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease in both developed and developing countries. The morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco can be prevented efficaciously and cost-effectively by active ...
Tsai, Yu-Chia
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Impact of Smoking on Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Human Papillomavirus‐Related Oropharyngeal Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have worse outcomes with longer smoking history (≥ 10 pack‐years). This has been confirmed in trials of primary radiotherapy but not surgery, suggesting differential smoking impact by treatment received. We assessed smoking‐related outcomes at a single institution.
Michelle M. Kwan, Latifa A. Bazzi, Zequn Sun, Dayton Rand, Asher Park, Shravan Asthana, Alexis Larson, Poonam Yadav, Bharat B. Mittal, Adil Akthar, Sarah Kramer, Jochen H. Lorch, Sandeep Samant, Urjeet Patel, Michelle L. Mierzwa, Leila J. Mady, Katelyn O. Stepan, Laila A. Gharzai   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Tobacco Cessation Training Program for primary health care physicians of a South Indian district

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Introduction Tobacco Cessation is one of the least attended components of Tobacco Control strategies worldwide. Although there is a felt need by tobacco users to quit the use and Tobacco Cessation Services can be provided in low-resource healthcare ...
Jagannath Purushothama, Sanjeev Badiger, Priyanka Rent, Mackwin D'Mello   +3 more
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Evaluation of smokeless tobacco cessation program - an in vivo study

, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation In India, smokeless tobacco is more prevelant, specially in lower socio-economic strata, including women, and this fact is often underemphasized by the dental community.
Shantanu Gokhale
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