Perceptions of smokers in abstinence about the benefits from smoking cessation: a qualitative study

This article has the objective of identify the benefits to health related to smoke quitting from the perspective of smokers in abstinence. Qualitative study in which 16 individuals from Porto Alegre who have ceased smoking for more than six months, with dependence ≥ 5 in the Fagerström scale, were i...

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Main Authors: Isabel Cristina Echer, Sérgio Saldanha Menna Barreto, Giordana de Cássia Pinheiro da Motta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2008-04-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1161