Marketing claims, promotional strategies, and product information on Malaysian e-cigarette retailer websites-a content analysis by Sameeha Misriya Shroff, Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy

“…Marketing claims were related to health (47%), smoking cessation (37%), and modernity/trend (37%) and none had health warnings. …”
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Evaluation of implants in smoking and non-smoking patients with peri-implant disease risk analysis and esthetic scores: an observational study by Tuğba Şahin

“…The results of this study indicate that it would be advisable for dentists to provide guidance to their patients on smoking cessation and to monitor any alterations in behavior closely. …”
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Experts' views on translating NHS support to stop smoking in pregnancy into a comprehensive digital intervention. by Lisa McDaid, Pippa Belderson, Joanne Emery, Tim Coleman, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Felix Naughton

“…In the United Kingdom, trained smoking cessation advisors deliver structured behavioural counselling alongside access to free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); known as the 'Standard Treatment Programme' (STP). …”
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The association between antitobacco advertising and calls to a tobacco Russian Quitline by Olga Sukhovskaya, Petr Yablonskiy

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A Cross Sectional Study on Self-Reported Tobacco Use and Tobacco Related Behaviour among Medical Students in Goa, India by Nadia N S R Godinho, Jagadish A Cacodcar

“…Healthcare personnel are involved with smoking cessation advice and treatment of patients; their use of tobacco and related behaviour is an important public health problem. …”
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Trends in smoking and quitting in China from 1993 to 2003: National Health Service Survey data by Juncheng Qian, Min Cai, Jun Gao, Shenglan Tang, Ling Xu, Julia Alison Critchley

“…CONCLUSION: Smoking prevalence declined in China over the study period, perhaps due to the combined effect of smoking cessation, reduced uptake in women and selective mortality among men over 40 years of age. …”
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Predictors of Quitting Smoking in Cardiac Rehabilitation by Ahmad Salman, Patrick Doherty

“…This study highlights the routine factors that determine smoking cessation outcomes, which could inform the delivery of CR to better help patients to quit smoking.…”
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New challenges for WHO FCTC compliance in Russia and Eurasian Economic Union by Andrei Demin, Irina Demina, Andrey Demin, Arseniy Demin

“…Legal provisions on smoking cessation for about 30 mln smokers did not materialize yet. …”
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Romanian medicine students and tobacco industry by Florin Dumitru Mihaltan, Simona Costache, Theodor Blidaru

“…There is a strong need to provide medical students with training in smoking cessation techniques. We need comprehensive programmes of tobacco control among students and an unceasing effort to reduce the number of smokers in medical students, the mirrors of the anti- tobacco activities of our country.…”
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Developing a self-management package for pulmonary fibrosis: an international Delphi study by Joanna Y.T. Lee, Gabriella Tikellis, Yet H. Khor, Anne E. Holland

“…Both focus groups included six people with PF. 12 components were considered essential for self-management in PF: 1) understanding treatment options; 2) understanding and accessing clinical trials; 3) managing medications; 4) role of oxygen therapy; 5) role and importance of pulmonary rehabilitation and regular physical activity; 6) managing shortness of breath; 7) managing fatigue; 8) managing mood; 9) managing comorbidities; 10) smoking cessation advice and support; 11) accessing community support; and 12) how to communicate with others when living with PF. …”
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Validating Automated Integrative Complexity: Natural Language Processing and the Donald Trump Test by Lucian Gideon Conway, Kathrene R. Conway, Shannon C. Houck

“…Additionally, AutoIC successfully replicated key findings from the hand-scored IC literature on smoking cessation (Test 3), U.S. Presidents’ State of the Union Speeches (Test 4), and the ideology-complexity relationship (Test 5). …”
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The Attitudes and Awareness of Urinary Bladder Cancer Patients about the Relationship Between Their Tumoral Diseases and Tobacco Exposure by Eşref Oğuz Güven, Eda Karaismailoğlu, Çiğdem Özdilekcan, Fahrettin Güvenir

“…When the main reason for smoking cessation was asked, the positive influence and strong advice of healthcare professionals for quit smoking were the most important factor for the patients. …”
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Teaching the Heart of Medicine: The Medical Interview by Peggy Wagner, Amy House, Thomas Huff, William Salazar, Ralph Gillies, Andria Thomas, Erick Messias

“…Section two informs students about what to do, say, and suggest in certain behavior-change scenarios and difficult conversation scenarios, including smoking cessation, alcoholism, and giving bad news. This curriculum features resources in downloadable format for both facilitators and students, including condensed materials that can be made into pocket-sized books, a facilitator guide with tips for the activities, tally sheets for the activities, videos for the students, material that can be made into pocket cards for students with key concepts, and pocket manuals for the facilitators as they conduct the communication-building activities. …”
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Comprehensive needs assessment of COPD patients residing in east-central Indiana and west-central Ohio by LaDonna Hately Dulemba, Greer Glazer, Jason Allen Gregg

“…Implications of the project support developing COPD interventions and programs that address smoking cessation, depression screening, and self-management that work to improve the health status of the population and improve their health outcomes. …”
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The Effect of COVID-19 Outbreak and Incidence on the Health-Related Behaviors and Depression of Gyeongnam Residents in Republic of Korea by Young-Mi Seo, Ki-Soo Park

“…<i>Results</i>: The results of the comparative analysis between pre- and post-COVID-19 occurrence showed that, after the occurrence of COVID-19, the smoking cessation rate and monthly alcohol consumption rate among current smokers decreased, while the high-risk drinking rate increased. …”
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Lifestyle factors on the long-term survival of gastric cancer patients after radical resection: A cohort study by Huadong Wu, Jinjia Zhang, Baojun Zhou

“…Older age (>60 years) (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.307, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.056–2.161, P = 0.006), advanced tumor, node, and metastasis stage (P < 0.05), poorly pathological differentiation (HR: 1.765, 95% CI: 1.080–2.884, P = 0.023), history of smoking (P < 0.001), never physical exercise (HR: 2.057, 95% CI: 1.170–3.617, P = 0.012), long sleep duration (≥8 h) (HR: 4.160, 95% CI: 1.501–11.533, P = 0.006), and short sleep duration (<6 h) (HR: 3.417, 95% CI: 1.312–8.900, P = 0.012) were independent indicators of a poor overall survival in GC patients after radical resection. Conclusion: Smoking cessation, proper sleep duration, and regular physical exercise habits can improve the long-term survival of GC patients after radical resection.…”
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The relationship between poor sleep quality measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and smoking status according to sex and age: an analysis of the 2018 Korean Community Hea... by Jun Hyun Hwang, Soon-Woo Park

“…In order to improve the quality of sleep, it is necessary to intervene smoking cessation along with solving psychological problems, especially female in middle age and younger.…”
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Relationship between smoking abstinence self-efficacy， smoking rationalization belief and willingness to quit smoking—a questionnaire survey of 336 male smokers in Shanghai by ZHANG Lingyun, CHENG Zhuo, MAO Yimeng, ZHENG Pinpin

“…ObjectiveTo explore the influencing factors of willingness to quit smoking in smokers， and to provide reference for further smoking cessation intervention.MethodsThrough purposive sampling， smokers were recruited from 4 residential communities and 3 companies in Shanghai for an online questionnaire survey. …”
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Country‐of‐birth differences in adverse health behaviours among people with type 2 diabetes by Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran, Louisa Jorm, Hilary Bambrick, Annemarie Hennessy

“…Conclusion: Adverse health behaviours among people with type 2 diabetes varied markedly according to country or region of birth. Promoting smoking cessation and increasing physical activity levels among people with diabetes who were born in Middle Eastern countries are clear priorities.…”
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Association between smoking behavior and serum uric acid among the adults: Findings from a national cross-sectional study. by Yun Seo Jang, Nataliya Nerobkova, Il Yun, Hyunkyu Kim, Eun-Cheol Park

“…Thus, serum uric acid levels should be properly managed through smoking cessation.…”
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