Age and Smoking Predict Antibody Titres at 3 Months after the Second Dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine by Yushi Nomura, Michiru Sawahata, Yosikazu Nakamura, Momoko Kurihara, Ryousuke Koike, Otohiro Katsube, Koichi Hagiwara, Seiji Niho, Norihiro Masuda, Takaaki Tanaka, Kumiya Sugiyama

“…In particular, current smoking status caused lower Ab titres, and smoking cessation before vaccination may improve the individual efficacy of the BNT162b2 vaccine.…”
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Self-reported cardiovascular disease risk factor screening among people living with HIV vs. members of the general population in Botswana: a community-based study by Onkabetse Julia Molefe-Baikai, Kago Kebotsamang, Pinkie Modisawakgomo, John Thato Tlhakanelo, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Thato Moshomo, Nabila Farah Youssouf, Tiny Masupe, Tendani Gaolathe, Neo Tapela, Shahin Lockman, Mosepele Mosepele

“…PLWH were also more likely to have received counselling on salt intake (42% vs. 33%, p < 0.001), smoking cessation (66% vs. 46%, p < 0.001), weight control (38% vs. 29%, p < 0.001), physical activity (46% vs. 34%, p < 0.001) and alcohol consumption (35% vs. 23%, p < 0.001) than their HIV-uninfected counterparts. …”
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Patient-reported preferences in eHealth-based cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative investigation of behavior change techniques, barriers and facilitators by Emma R. Douma, Svenja Wirtz, Manuela Sestayo Fernandez, Hendrik Schäfer, Jos W.M.G. Widdershoven, Mirela Habibović, Carlos Peña Gil, Jos A. Bosch, Boris Schmitz, Willem J. Kop

“…Behaviors under investigation included physical activity, medication adherence, eating a cardiac healthy-diet, stress reduction and smoking cessation. Results: The perceived helpfulness of BCTs depended on the specific behavior targeted. …”
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Smoking-associated gene expression alterations in nasal epithelium reveal immune impairment linked to lung cancer risk by Maria Stella de Biase, Florian Massip, Tzu-Ting Wei, Federico M. Giorgi, Rory Stark, Amanda Stone, Amy Gladwell, Martin O’Reilly, Daniel Schütte, Ines de Santiago, Kerstin B. Meyer, Florian Markowetz, Bruce A. J. Ponder, Robert C. Rintoul, Roland F. Schwarz

“…More than 50% of all smoking-related lung cancers occur in former smokers, 40% of which occur more than 15 years after smoking cessation. Despite extensive research, the molecular processes for persistent lung cancer risk remain unclear. …”
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Motives for using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) as a cessation tool are associated with tobacco abstinence at 1-year follow-up: A prospective investigation among youn... by Chase A. Aycock, Xin-Qun Wang, Juinell B. Williams, Margaret C. Fahey, G. Wayne Talcott, Robert C. Klesges, Melissa A. Little

“…Conclusions: Current tobacco users are recommended to use FDA-approved products for smoking cessation, such as nicotine replacement therapy. …”
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Lifestyle habits among Najran University students, Najran, Saudi Arabia by Awad Mohammed Al-Qahtani

“…Intervention programs in university students should concentrate on improving nutrition attitudes and knowledge toward good diet, tobacco-smoking cessation strategies, and structured intervention programs to encourage physical activity. …”
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Effectiveness of the multi-component intervention ‘Focus’ on reducing smoking among students in the vocational education setting: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Simone G. Kjeld, Lau C. Thygesen, Dina Danielsen, Gitte S. Jakobsen, Marie P. Jensen, Teresa Holmberg, Lotus S. Bast, Lisbeth Lund, Charlotta Pisinger, Susan Andersen

“…The intervention program comprised smoke-free school hours, class-based activities, and access to smoking cessation support. The control group was encouraged to continue with normal practice. …”
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Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cohort of Chinese never smokers goes along with decreased risks of recurrent acute exacerbation, emphysema and com... by Guangdong Wang, Aiping Ma, Liang Zhang, Jiaxi Guo, Qun Liu, Frank Petersen, Zhanxiang Wang, Xinhua Yu

“…Identification of cigarette smoking as a risk factor for recurrent acute exacerbation supports behavioral intervention of smoking cessation in the management of patients with AECOPD.…”
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E-cigarette perceptions and use among young French people: Endgame through the prism of perceptions by Jérôme Foucaud, Philémon Aurouet, Anne-Fleur Guillemin, Benoît Labarbe, Iris Cervenka, Karine Gallopel-Morvan, Carolyn Reyes-Guzman

“…E-Cigarettes (ECs) have recently given rise to scientific debate, particularly given the lack of data on smoking cessation effectiveness, health impact, and user trajectories (French HCSP reportii). …”
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Incidence of bacterial respiratory infection and pneumonia in people with HIV with and without airflow limitation by Safura-Luise Heidari, Malene Hove-Skovsgaard, Nicoline Stender Arentoft, Anne-Sophie W. Svartstein, Dina Leth Møller, Christian Salgård Jensen, Thomas Benfield, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Rebekka Faber Thudium, Susanne D. Nielsen

“…Conclusions: Increased emphasis on airflow limitation prevention, including smoking cessation, may reduce the burden of bacterial respiratory infection and pneumonia in PWH.…”
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Enhancing the Immune Response of a Nicotine Vaccine with Synthetic Small “Non-Natural” Peptides by Hoang-Thanh Le, Nya L. Fraleigh, Jordan D. Lewicky, Justin Boudreau, Paul Dolinar, Nitin Bhardwaj, Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, Sabine Montaut, Sarah Fallahi, Alexandrine L. Martel

“…Nicotine vaccines are an alternative to the currently available smoking cessation treatments, which have limited efficacy. …”
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Testing the Efficacy of a Scalable Telephone-Delivered Guided Imagery Tobacco Cessation Treatment: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial by Judith S Gordon, Julie S Armin, Peter Giacobbi Jr, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Kari Marano, Christine E Sheffer

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to test the efficacy of Be Smoke Free, a telephone-delivered GI treatment for smoking cessation. MethodsThis multisite randomized clinical trial (RCT) will compare a novel telephone-delivered GI tobacco cessation treatment with a standard evidence-based behavioral treatment. …”
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Mobile Phone Text Messages to Support People to Stop Smoking by Switching to Vaping: Codevelopment, Coproduction, and Initial Testing Study by Vassilis Sideropoulos, Eleni Vangeli, Felix Naughton, Sharon Cox, Daniel Frings, Caitlin Notley, Jamie Brown, Catherine Kimber, Lynne Dawkins

“… BackgroundSMS text messages are affordable, scalable, and effective smoking cessation interventions. However, there is little research on SMS text message interventions specifically designed to support people who smoke to quit by switching to vaping. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of oral human papillomavirus infection among 4212 healthy adults in Hebei, China by Shuting Yu, Yingying Zhu, Huijing He, Yaoda Hu, Xiaoli Zhu, Wenwen Diao, Shuguang Li, Guangliang Shan, Xingming Chen

“…More tailored prevention strategies are needed to prevent oral HPV infection through smoking cessation, reduction of alcohol consumption, and HPV vaccination.…”
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Waterpipe Tobacco Use in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Study among University Students and Stop Smoking Practitioners. by Mohammed Jawad, Elham Choaie, Leonie Brose, Omara Dogar, Aimee Grant, Elizabeth Jenkinson, Andy McEwen, Christopher Millett, Lion Shahab

“…Nearly a third (32.5%) of respondents who had tried waterpipe had violated the UK smokefree law and a quarter (24.5%) reporting seeing health warnings on waterpipe tobacco packaging or apparatuses. Of 1,282 smoking cessation practitioners, a quarter (23.4%, 95% CI 21.5-26.1%) reported having some clients who regularly use waterpipes, but 69.5% (95% CI 67.0-72.0%) never ask clients about waterpipe use. …”
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Perceptions of e-cigarettes and e-liquids flavours harmfulness in the general population: Results of a French nationally representative survey by Anne-Fleur Guillemin, Benoît Labarbe, Iris Cervenka, Philémon Aurouet, Karine Gallopel-Morvan, Carolyn Reyes-Guzman, Jérôme Foucaud

“…EC appears as a potentially effective smoking cessation method2 (being less harmful than combustible cigarettes (CCs))3. …”
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Trends in the distribution of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and cessation: evidence among adults aged 18 ~ 59 from China Family Panel Studies data by Ming Zhao Huang, Tai Yi Liu, Zhong Min Zhang, Fujian Song, Ting Chen

“…In 2018, inequality emerged in smoking cessation rates among men and smoking intensity among women. …”
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Risk prediction models for selection of lung cancer screening candidates: A retrospective validation study. by Kevin Ten Haaf, Jihyoun Jeon, Martin C Tammemägi, Summer S Han, Chung Yin Kong, Sylvia K Plevritis, Eric J Feuer, Harry J de Koning, Ewout W Steyerberg, Rafael Meza

“…All models considered age and various aspects of smoking exposure (smoking status, smoking duration, cigarettes per day, pack-years smoked, time since smoking cessation) as risk predictors. In addition, some models considered factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, education, body mass index, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, personal history of cancer, personal history of pneumonia, and family history of lung cancer.…”
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Cigarette and ENDS dual use longitudinal transitions among adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Waves 4–5 (2016–2019) by Eva Sharma, Katarzyna Zebrak, Kristin Lauten, Shannon Gravely, Maria Cooper, Lisa D. Gardner, Ibrahim Zaganjor, Kathryn C. Edwards, Karin Kasza, Daniela Marshall, Heather L. Kimmel, Cassandra Stanton, Andrew Hyland, Geoff Fong

“…Conclusions: Findings highlight the importance of frequency of ENDS use in reducing cigarette smoking and could inform smoking cessation interventions among daily cigarette smokers.…”
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Effect of visual presentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque on adherence to secondary preventive therapy using mHealth technologies (PreventiPlaque app): Study protocol for a r... by Greta Ullrich, Alina Dönmez, Amir A. Mahabadi, Alexander Bäuerle, Ramtin Knuschke, Katrin Paldán, Lenka Schnaubert, Christos Rammos, Tienush Rassaf, Julia Lortz

“…The app includes daily tasks that promote a healthier lifestyle in the areas of smoking cessation, medication adherence, physical activity, and diet. …”
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