Frailty and its combined effects with lifestyle factors on cognitive function: a cross-sectional study by Fangqing Li, Yike Yan, Lei Zheng, Chenming Wang, Xin Guan, Shiru Hong, Huan Guo

“…Conclusions Frailty was associated with cognitive impairment among Chinese middle-aged and elderly people, while smoking cessation and regular physical exercise could attenuate the above associations, which highlight the potential preventive interventions.…”
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Mediterranean Diet and Lung Function in Adults Current Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in the MEDISTAR Project by Roxana-Elena Catalin, Francisco Martin-Lujan, Patricia Salamanca-Gonzalez, Meritxell Palleja-Millan, Felipe Villalobos, Antoni Santigosa-Ayala, Anna Pedret, Rosa M. Valls-Zamora, Rosa Sola, on behalf of the MEDISTAR Research Group Investigators

“…These results indicate that healthy diet behaviours can be modifiable risk factors to protect lung function and reinforce the possibility of a nutritional intervention to increase adherence to MeDi, in addition to promoting smoking cessation.…”
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Papel do cigarro eletrónico na cessação tabágica: uma revisão baseada na evidência by Pedro Couto, Pedro Mendes, Rosa Barreira, Joana de Oliveira e Silva, Lígia Silva, Elisabete Almeida

“…Métodos de revisão: Pesquisa de artigos publicados entre 01/07/2004 e 30/06/2014, utilizando o termo MeSH smoking cessation, os termos electronic cigarette(s), e-cigarette(s), e-cig(s) e em português “cessação tabágica” e “cigarro(s) ele(c)trónico(s)”. …”
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A virtual reality craving study in tobacco addiction: The role of non-pharmacological support in tobacco detox therapy by Lorenzo Zamboni, Lorenzo Zamboni, Simone Campagnari, Rosaria Giordano, Rosaria Giordano, Francesca Fusina, Francesca Fusina, Silvia Carli, Silvia Carli, Alessio Congiu, Isabella Barbon, Silvia Melchiori, Rebecca Casari, Elisa Tedeschi, Roberta Vesentin, Giuseppe Verlato, Maurizio Valentino Infante, Fabio Lugoboni

“…A large variety of treatments for smoking cessation are currently available, including Cytisine, which is a promising drug due to its low cost and high safety levels. …”
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Effects of Nationwide Program for Prevention and Control of Diabetes Initiated by the Ministry of Health on Elderly Diabetic Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude and practice in Isfahan by Roohangiz Alirezaei Shahraki, Ahmad Aliakbari Kamrani‏, Robab Sahaf, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz

“…In addition, 77% of the patients suffered from this disease for 0-10 years, and 9% for 20-29 years; 55% had hypertension, 44% were overweight, 28% were obese, 53% had abdominal obesity, 71% suffered from hyperlipidemia, 66% reported a history of diabetes in their immediate family members, 4% were current smokers, 16% reported a history of smoking cessation, 3% were current alcohol drinkers, and 3% used to drink alcohol in the past. …”
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Prevalence of smoking and its associated factors with smoking among elderly smokers in Malaysia: findings from a nationwide population-based study by K. H. Lim, K. Jasvindar, S. M. Cheong, B. K. Ho, H. L. Lim, C. H. Teh, K. J. Lau, A. Suthahar, D. Ambigga

“…Therefore, intervention programs should integrate the present findings to reduce the smoking rate and increase the smoking cessation rate among the elderly in Malaysia and subsequently to reduce the burden of smoking-related disease.…”
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Smoking during and 1-month after discharge in Southern European countries (Spain and Portugal) by Ariadna Feliu, Cristina Martinez, Marta Enriquez, Laura Anton, Ruth Ripoll, Àngels Ruz, Sofia Ravara, Lidia Videira, Claudia Correia, José Precioso, Esteve Fernandez

“…Our findings suggest the need to promote smoking cessation during and after hospital stay.…”
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Smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes, body mass index, and peptic ulcer risk: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yi Liu, Yi Liu, Zhihan Xiao, Kun Ye, Kun Ye, Linlin Xu, Yanping Zhang

“…Herein, we use Mendelian randomization (MR) to examine causal associations such as smoking, alcohol, type 2 diabetes, BMI, and risks of PUD.Methods: We used 8,17,41,325,82, 231, and 616 identified genetic variants as proxies for age of smoking initiation (AgeSmk), smoking cessation (SmkCes, current/former), number of cigarettes smoked per day (CigDay), smoking status (SmkIni, ever/never), alcohol consumption, type 2 diabetes, and BMI to obtain unconfounded effect estimates on the GU and DU levels among 452,264 participants from the Gene ATLAS. …”
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Lateral Habenula 5-HT_2C Receptor Function Is Altered by Acute and Chronic Nicotine Exposures by Cristiano Bombardi, Francis Delicata, Claudio Tagliavia, Annamaria Grandis, Massimo Pierucci, Antonella Marino Gammazza, Maurizio Casarrubea, Philippe De Deurwaerdère, Giuseppe Di Giovanni

“…Among all the 5-HT receptors (5-HTRs), the 5-HT_2CR has emerged as a promising drug target for smoking cessation. The 5-HT_2CRs within the lateral habenula (LHb) may be crucial for nicotine addiction. …”
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Engagement With and Acceptability of Digital Media Platforms for Use in Improving Health Behaviors Among Vulnerable Families: Systematic Review by Elisabet V Eppes, Marycatherine Augustyn, Susan M Gross, Paris Vernon, Laura E Caulfield, David M Paige

“…Targeted health behaviors included healthy diet, physical activity, obesity prevention, healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding, vaccine use, smoking cessation, and nutrition benefit redemption. The sample included 8 randomized controlled trials, 6 pretest-posttest design, 3 mixed methods studies, 2 pilot studies, 1 feasibility study, 1 prospective cohort study, 1 descriptive study, and 1 cross-sectional study. …”
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Social Media Intervention to Promote Smoking Treatment Utilization and Cessation Among Alaska Native People Who Smoke: Protocol for the Connecting Alaska Native People to Quit Smok... by Sinicrope, Pamela S, Koller, Kathryn R, Prochaska, Judith J, Hughes, Christine A, Bock, Martha J, Decker, Paul A, Flanagan, Christie A, Merritt, Zoe T, Meade, Crystal D, Willetto, Abbie L, Resnicow, Ken, Thomas, Timothy K, Patten, Christi A

“…Secondary outcomes will include self-reported smoking cessation treatment utilization and abstinence from tobacco/nicotine products. …”
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The effects of reduced nicotine content cigarettes on biomarkers of nicotine and toxicant exposure, smoking behavior and psychiatric symptoms in smokers with mood or anxiety disord... by Jonathan Foulds, Susan Veldheer, Gladys Pachas, Shari Hrabovsky, Ahmad Hameed, Sophia I Allen, Corinne Cather, Nour Azzouz, Jessica Yingst, Erin Hammett, Jennifer Modesto, Nicolle M Krebs, Courtney Lester, Neil Trushin, Lisa Reinhart, Emily Wasserman, Junjia Zhu, Jason Liao, Joshua E Muscat, John P Richie, A Eden Evins

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Reducing nicotine content in cigarettes to very low levels reduces some toxicant exposures and cigarette addiction and increases smoking cessation in smokers with mood and/or anxiety disorders, without worsening mental health.…”
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Implementing the Community Healthcare Network Model in Mid West community health care by Marie Boyle, Anne Geary

“…There are nine learning sites and 87 further CHNs.DeliverablesA new Operating ModelStrengthening governance and enhancing local decision-making through the development of a Community health network operating model, including a Community Healthcare Network Manager (CHNM), a GP Lead and Multidisciplinary Network Management Team.Enhancing primary care resources.Enhanced MDT workingProactive management of people with complex care needs in the community facilitated by the Multidisciplinary Team and new Clinical Coordinator (CC) and Key Worker (KW) roles.Redesign of the Clinical Team Meeting to allow virtual attendance and focused case discussion will facilitate GP attendance.Developing integrated care pathways between CHNs, Specialist Hubs (Chronic Disease and Frail Older Persons) and Acute Hospitals.Strengthening Community Supports, eg ALONE.Population Health ApproachPopulation health needs assessment utilising census data and health intelligence, local knowledge from GPs, PCTs, community services and service user engagement.Risk Stratification - resources applied intensively in a targeted manner to a defined population.Enhanced Health Promotion - addition of a Health Promotion and improvement officer to each CHN and the Healthy Communities Initiative, which aims to implement targeted initiatives to tackle challenges within specific communities, eg smoking cessation, social prescribing.Key enablers for implementationAppointment of a GP lead in all CHNs is essential to strengthen relationships and bring GP voice to health service reform.The CHN model has the potential to support the delivery of integrated care, providing opportunities for enhanced MDT working by identifying key personnel (CC, KW and GP lead) to support effective MDT functioning.Redesign of the clinical team meetings will support GP involvement and enhance collective decision making and joint working.Population risk stratification is necessary to deliver targeted services. …”
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Trial Participants’ Perceptions of the Impact of Ecological Momentary Assessment on Smoking Behaviors: Qualitative Analysis by Elizabeth R Stevens, Rina Li, Grace Xiang, Rachel Wisniewski, Sidney Rojas, Katherine O'Connor, Olivia Wilker, Mahathi Vojjala, Omar El-Shahawy, Scott E Sherman

“… Abstract BackgroundEcological momentary assessment (EMA) is an increasingly used tool for data collection in behavioral research, including smoking cessation studies. As previous addiction research suggests, EMA has the potential to elicit cue reactivity by triggering craving and increasing behavioral awareness. …”
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Have there been sustained impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in smoking prevalence, uptake, quitting, use of treatment, and relapse? A monthly population study in England,... by Sarah E. Jackson, Harry Tattan-Birch, Lion Shahab, Emma Beard, Jamie Brown

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Smoking in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit in Ireland with a “Tobacco Free Campus” policy: the prevalence, the associated factors, the social consequences and what can be done to add... by K. Srikumar, A. Adam, F. Sargaison, M. O’Grady

“…In 2022, Ireland’s HSE (Health Service Executive) published clinical guidelines, regarding smoking cessation in healthcare settings, with special attention to mental health settings. …”
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Diabetic peripheral neuropathy and its determinants among patients attending a tertiary health care centre in Mangalore, India by Monisha D’Souza, Vaman Kulkarni, Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran, Humam Ahmed, Hegde Naimish, Anjali Prakash, Tabreez S, Bhanu Dahiya, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Ramesh Holla, Darshan BB, Avinash Kumar

“…Interventions in the form of early detection through routine screening, smoking cessation and regular follow up examinations would go a long way in reducing the burden of disability among diabetics and improve their quality of life significantly.…”
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Asylum seekers’ and refugees’ experiences of accessing health care: a qualitative study by Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Wdad Alanazy, Lauren Couzens, Bridie Angela Evans, Lucy Fagan, Rebecca Fogarty, Ann John, Talha Khan, Mark Rhys Kingston, Samuel Moyo, Alison Porter, Melody Rhydderch, Gillian Richardson, Grace Rungua, Ian Russell, Helen Snooks

“…Even when they knew about services, such as smoking cessation, these services’ difficulty in accommodating ASRs was a barrier. …”
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Prediction of Smoking Risk From Repeated Sampling of Environmental Images: Model Validation by Matthew M Engelhard, Joshua D'Arcy, Jason A Oliver, Rachel Kozink, F Joseph McClernon

“…Environment-associated smoking risk can be assessed in real time on a mobile device and can be incorporated into device-based smoking cessation interventions.…”
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Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among senior dental students in Yemen: a multi-institution study by Anas Shamala, Esam Halboub, Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri, Hesham Al-Sharani, Mona Al-Hadi, Raheq Ali, Hajer Laradhi, Heba Murshed, Marwan Mansoor Mohammed, Kamran Ali

“…Only 54.5% of the participants considered themselves to be well-trained to provide smoking cessation advice, and 21% were confident regarding their knowledge on OC. …”
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