Tobacco use among Kola Sámi, the indigenous people of the Murmansk region, Russia: A cross-sectional study by Alexander Merkin, Sofya Akinfieva, Artem Nikolaev, Elena Rocheva, Alexander Komarov, Igor Nikiforov, Marewa Glover

“…Like some other Indigenous Peoples, Kola Sámi in Russia have a higher smoking prevalence than the average among the Russian population. Interest in a smoking cessation mobile app designed for the Sámi population suggests that such an intervention could help to reduce this inequity.…”
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Effects of Diet and Lifestyle on Audio-Vestibular Dysfunction in the Elderly: A Literature Review by Hsin-Lin Chen, Ching-Ting Tan, Chen-Chi Wu, Tien-Chen Liu

“…Antioxidants in the form of vitamins A, C, and E; physical activity; good sleep quality; smoking cessation; moderate alcohol consumption; and avoiding noise exposure are also beneficial. …”
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Smoking Is Related to Reduced Motivation, But Not Global Cognition, in the First Two Years of Treatment for First Episode Psychosis by Brandon Schermitzler, Kathleen Miley, Sophia Vinogradov, Ian S. Ramsay

“…Our findings suggest that motivation and smoking cessation may be important early treatment targets for first-episode psychosis programs.…”
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Are associations between psychosocial stressors and incident lung cancer attributable to smoking? by Carolyn E Behrendt, Candace M Cosgrove, Norman J Johnson, Sean F Altekruse

“…Given their increased smoking behavior, persons experiencing stressors should be referred to effective alternatives to smoking and to support for smoking cessation.…”
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Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Individuals Over 40 in Central Kayseri by Ahmet Timur, Elçin Balcı, Hasan Durmuş

“…Conclusion: Increasing health awareness and healthy lifestyles, more efforts to raise the general education level of the community are needed, 'at-risk' patients 40 years and over should be screened for COPD, and studies aimed at smoking cessation should be conducted.…”
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Dietary therapy for patients with chronic pancreatitis in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey of physicians and registered dietitians by Yuko Hasebe, Yusuke Karasawa, Kazutaka Nozawa

“…Dietitians overall were more likely to provide guidance about alcohol avoidance (91%) than smoking cessation (48%) to appropriate patients. Conclusion: This survey suggests that additional educational efforts are required to align the management practices of physicians and registered dietitians with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Japanese patients with chronic pancreatitis and PEI.…”
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Cardiovascular and Renal Disease in Chronic Critical Illness by Tyler J. Loftus, Amanda C. Filiberto, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Saraswathi Gopal, Azra Bihorac

“…In addition to pharmacologic therapies (e.g., diuretics, beta adrenergic receptor blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and blood pressure control), special consideration should be given to behavioral modifications that avoid the pitfalls of polypharmacy and suboptimal renal and hepatic dosing, to which CCI patients may be particularly vulnerable. Smoking cessation, dietary modifications (e.g., early high-protein nutrition and late low-sodium diets), and increased physical activity are advised. …”
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Lung cancer screening: the hidden public health emergency by Emily Stone, Rachael H Dodd, Henry Marshall, Billie Bonevski, Nicole M Rankin

“…Effective recruitment to LCS, embedded smoking cessation and the provision of subsequent lung cancer care to all at-risk Australians remain key priorities for any future LCS program.…”
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The associations of parental smoking, quitting and habitus with teenager e-cigarette, smoking, alcohol and other drug use in GUI Cohort ’98 by Salome Sunday, Luke Clancy, Joan Hanafin

“…Primary caregiver smoking cessation (quitting) was associated with a lower risk for teenager current smoking aOR0.62, ever e-cigarette use aOR 0.65 and other drug use aOR 0.57. …”
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Tobacco use, nicotine, and oral microorganisms by Takashi Hanioka, Miki Ojima, Hiroshi Ogawa

“…Dysbiosis of periodontal microbiome in smokers has been demonstrated by observational and intervention studies. Smoking cessation is shown to be beneficial in terms of compositional changes of subgingival and peri-implant microbiomes. …”
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Association between smoking status and death from COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study by Jae Woo Choi

“…Given the lower possibility of death in long-term quitters with COVID-19, continuous smoking cessation among smokers or recent quitters is needed.…”
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Prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, and its associated risk factors among medical students: a nation-based cross-sectional study by Mohamed Baklola, Mohamed Terra, Amr Badr, Fayrouz Mohamed Fahmy, Enas Elshabrawy, Yousef Hawas, Doaa Abdel-Hady, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany

“…In the fight against GERD, university-based smoking cessation and stress management programs may be influential.…”
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COPD in HIV-Infected Patients: CD4 Cell Count Highly Correlated. by Karine Risso, Francine Guillouet-de-Salvador, Laure Valerio, Pascal Puglièse, Alissa Naqvi, Jacques Durant, Elisa Demonchy, Isabelle Perbost, Eric Cua, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Pierre-Marie Roger

“…However, early management and urgent smoking cessation are essential to improve prognosis. Clinicians' awareness on the particular vulnerability for COPD in HIV-infected patients is crucial. …”
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Healthy Lifestyle Status among Non- Institutionalized Older People: A Literature Review by Mahin Alineghad, Hossein Matlabi, Akbar Azizi Zeinalhajlou

“…Improving healthy lifestyle including dietary habits, weight control, physical activity, smoking cessation, managing stressful life events, and social capital were closely related with reduced risk of all-cause mortality. …”
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Use of supporting evidence by health and industry organisations in the consultation on e-cigarette regulations in New Zealand by Lucy Hardie, Judith McCool, Becky Freeman

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4> The industry continues to rely more heavily on evidence published outside of the peer-review process, which is, therefore, subjected to less scientific scrutiny. By using a smoking-cessation or harm-reduction narrative, the industry could be seen as a legitimate stakeholder in policy development.…”
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Model for Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Lesions in the Highlands Region (Qinghai Province, Northwest China) by Jun Li, Haixia Qin, Jiuping Zhao, Guoqing Ma, Sheng Zheng, Yisai Mou, Xunkai Ma, Tuersunjiang Naman

“…Conclusions: We developed an effective risk predictive model with good clinical value for predicting multivessel disease. Smoking cessation, lowering creatinine, and increasing HDL cholesterol concentrations might decrease the risk of developing multivessel disease, thereby avoiding severe disease.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Hypertension Guidelines: Unveiling Consensus and Discrepancies in Lifestyle Modifications for Blood Pressure Control by Yi Wang, Yanxiang Liu, Lu Liu, Liqiong Hong, Huimin Chen

“…Other lifestyle interventions emphasized by some guidelines, such as potassium supplementation, smoking cessation, and stress management, are not recommended by all the five guidelines. …”
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Early death after a diagnosis of metastatic solid cancer-raising awareness and identifying risk factors from the SEER database. by Opher Globus, Shira Sagie, Noy Lavine, Daniel Itshak Barchana, Damien Urban

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cancer death rates are declining, in part due to smoking cessation, better detection and new treatments; nevertheless, a large fraction of metastatic cancer patients die soon after diagnosis. …”
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Spontaneous pneumothorax with pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) in an adult heavy cigarette smoker—A case report by Chiao‐Yun Tsai, Hsu‐Chih Huang, Zhen‐Dong Xu, Jiun‐Yi Hsia, Chih‐Yi Chen

“…After 3 months of smoking cessation, clear improvement was evidenced with a chest CT showing bilateral multiple thin‐walled rounded cysts and multiple ground‐glass nodules that are smaller in size and decreased in numbers. …”
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Prescription drugs associated with reports of violence towards others. by Thomas J Moore, Joseph Glenmullen, Curt D Furberg

“…Primary suspect drugs included varenicline (an aid to smoking cessation), 11 antidepressants, 6 sedative/hypnotics and 3 drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. …”
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