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Smoking cessation and vascular endothelial function
Smoking is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. It is thought that smoking impairs vascular endothelial function through a decrease in...
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Investigating the socio-demographic characteristics and smoking cessation incidence among smokers accessing smoking cessation services in primary care settings of Qatar, a Historical Cohort Study
BackgroundTobacco dependence is a chronic disease that often requires repeated interventions and multiple attempts to quit. Cigarette smoking is the...
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Association of cigarette smoking, smoking cessation with the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in the UK Biobank
BackgroundTo investigate the association between cigarette smoking, smoking cessation and the trajectory of cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM), and...
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Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation and the Receipt of Cessation Services in a Public, Safety-Net Primary Care System
BackgroundPrevalence of smoking is high among patients receiving care in safety-net settings, and there is a need to better understand patient...
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Smoking cessation attempts and successes among Nunavimmiut
ObjectivesThe smoking rate in Canada has declined in past decades, yet smoking rates remain high in Nunavik (northern Québec), where an estimated 80%...
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Feasibility of restricting e-cigarettes to prescription only for smoking cessation
E-cigarette use among youth in Canada has risen to epidemic proportions. E-cigarettes are also moderately useful smoking cessations aids. Restricting...
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Specialist cancer hospital-based smoking cessation service provision in Ireland
BackgroundWhile much progress has been made in reducing tobacco use in many countries, both active and passive smoking remain challenges. The...
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Association between weight gain following smoking cessation and development of hypertension in the future
Although quitting smoking lowers the risk of developing chronic conditions, it usually leads to weight gain. Literature on the association between...
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Data-driven connectivity profiles relate to smoking cessation outcomes
At a group level, nicotine dependence is linked to differences in resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) within and between three large-scale...
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Smoking Cessation Interventions Among Asian Americans: a Scoping Review
BackgroundTobacco use is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA, with smoking rates remaining disproportionately high among...
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Spirometry as a motivator for smoking cessation among patients attending the smoking cessation clinic of Monastir
BackgroundThe choice of spirometry, a biomarker of lung health, as a motivator for smoking cessation is based on its fidelity in emphasizing tobacco...
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Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among adults: an overview of systematic reviews
BackgroundThis overview of reviews aims to identify evidence on the benefits (i.e. tobacco use abstinence and reduction in smoking frequency) and...
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Short-term smoking cessation leads to a universal decrease in whole blood genomic DNA methylation in patients with a smoking history
BackgroundEpigenetics is involved in various human diseases. Smoking is one of the most common environmental factors causing epigenetic changes. The...
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Factors influencing smoking cessation attempts and success in Iranian male adults: national survey data
BackgroundSmoking cessation is a dynamic process that often involves a series of unsuccessful quit attempts before long-term abstinence is achieved....
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A survey exploring the practices of smoking cessation support among hospital-based healthcare providers
BackgroundHospital visits constitute a ‘window of opportunity’ for initiating smoking cessation attempts, and healthcare providers (HCPs) play an...
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Non-pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: analysis of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
BackgroundAlthough non-pharmacological smoking cessation measures have been widely used among smokers, current research evidence on the effects of...
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Attempts to quit smoking, use of smoking cessation methods, and associated characteristics among COPD patients
We explored past-year quit attempts, cessation methods used, and associations with sociodemographic, smoking, and health-related characteristics...
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Age at smoking initiation and smoking cessation influence the incidence of stroke in China: a 10-year follow-up study
Our study aimed to explore the correlation between age at smoking initiation and smoking cessation for the risk for stroke in China. We investigated...
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Smoking cessation interventions and implementations across multiple settings in Japan: a scoping review and supplemental survey
BackgroundSmoking is the leading risk factor for death worldwide. In Japan, although several evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for smoking...
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Staff perspectives on smoking cessation treatment in German psychiatric hospitals
AimAlthough people with mental illness show a greater severity of nicotine dependence and have a significantly reduced life expectancy because of it,...
