Examining the role of patients' experiences as a resource for choice and decision-making in health care: a creative, inter-disciplinary mixed method study in digital health by Martin, A, Ziebland, S, Powell, J, Jenkinson, C, Perera, R, Kelly, L, Newhouse, N, Farmer, A, Locock, L

“…In the three conditions we randomised 87 (smoking cessation), 148 (asthma), and 42 (caring for someone with MS) participants. …”

Mercaptopurine versus placebo to prevent recurrence of Crohn's disease after surgical resection (TOPPIC): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial by Mowat, C, Arnott, I, Cahill, A, Smith, M, Ahmad, T, Subramanian, S, Travis, S, Morris, J, Hamlin, J, Dhar, A, Nwokolo, C, Edwards, C, Creed, T, Bloom, S, Yousif, M, Thomas, L, Campbell, S, Lewis, S, Sebastian, S, Sen, S, Lal, S, Hawkey, C, Murray, C, Cummings, F, Goh, J, Lindsay, J, Arebi, N, Potts, L, McKinley, A, Thomson, J, Todd, J, Collie, M, Dunlop, M, Mowat, A, Gaya, D, Winter, J, Naismith, G, Ennis, H, Keerie, C, Lewis, S, Prescott, R, Kennedy, N, Satsangi, J, TOPPIC Study Group

“…Thus, in smokers, thiopurine treatment seems to be justified in the postoperative period, although smoking cessation should be strongly encouraged given that smoking increases the risk of recurrence.…”

Early-life exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and lower respiratory tract illness and wheezing in African infants: a longitudinal birth cohort study by Aneesa Vanker, DrFCPaed, Whitney Barnett, MPH, Lesley Workman, MPH, Polite M Nduru, MPhil, Peter D Sly, ProfDSc, Robert P Gie, ProfFCPaed, Heather J Zar, ProfPhD

“…Urgent and effective interventions focusing on antenatal environmental factors are required, including smoking cessation programmes targeting women of childbearing age pre-conception and pregnant women. …”
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Helping low-income smokers quit: findings from a randomized controlled trial comparing specialized quitline services with and without social needs navigationResearch in context by Matthew W. Kreuter, Rachel Garg, Qiang Fu, Charlene Caburnay, Tess Thompson, Christina Roberts, Dominique Sandheinrich, Irum Javed, Jennifer M. Wolff, Taylor Butler, Lauren M. Grimes, Kelly M. Carpenter, Robin Pokojski, Kristen Engelbrecht, Valerie Howard, Amy McQueen

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World Heart Federation Roadmap for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: 2023 Update by Liliana Laranjo, Fernando Lanas, Marie Chan Sun, Deborah Anne Chen, Lisa Hynes, Tasnim F. Imran, Dhruv S. Kazi, Andre Pascal Kengne, Maki Komiyama, Masanari Kuwabara, Jeremy Lim, Pablo Perel, Daniel José Piñeiro, Carlos I. Ponte-Negretti, Tania Séverin, David R. Thompson, Lale Tokgözoğlu, Lijing L. Yan, Clara K. Chow

“…Finally, an external expert group reviewed the paper. Results: Smoking cessation, physical activity, diet and weight management, antiplatelets, statins, beta-blockers, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, and cardiac rehabilitation reduce events and mortality. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of current cigarette smoking among transgender women in Argentina by Francisco Cartujano-Barrera, Raul M. Mejia, Raul M. Mejia, Pablo D. Radusky, Nadir Cardozo, Nadir Cardozo, Mariana Duarte, Mariana Duarte, Solange Fabian, Solange Fabian, Romina Caballero, Virginia Zalazar, Alixida Ramos-Pibernus, Ash B. Alpert, Ash B. Alpert, Ana Paula Cupertino, Ana Paula Cupertino, Claudia Frola, Ines Aristegui

“…These results will inform future smoking cessation interventions among transgender women in Argentina.…”
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Mass media to communicate public health messages in six health topic areas: a systematic review and other reviews of the evidence by Martine Stead, Kathryn Angus, Tessa Langley, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Kate Hinds, Shona Hilton, Sarah Lewis, James Thomas, Mhairi Campbell, Ben Young, Linda Bauld

“…Conclusions: Overall, the evidence is mixed but suggests that (1) campaigns can reduce sedentary behaviour, improve sexual health and contribute to smoking cessation, (2) tobacco control campaigns can be cost-effective, (3) longer and more intensive campaigns are likely to be more effective and (4) message design and targeting campaigns to particular population groups can be effective. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID19 vaccination across eight immune-mediated inflammatory disorders: A prospective, real-life Belgian cohort study – the BELCOMID study by Jeroen Geldof, Jeroen Geldof, Marie Truyens, Marie Truyens, João Sabino, João Sabino, Marc Ferrante, Marc Ferrante, Jo Lambert, Hilde Lapeere, Tom Hillary, An Van Laethem, Kurt de Vlam, Patrick Verschueren, Elizaveta Padalko, Elizaveta Padalko, Triana Lobaton, Triana Lobaton, Séverine Vermeire, Séverine Vermeire

“…However, our results underscore the need for repeated vaccination and smoking cessation in patients with IMIDs treated with immune-modulating therapies or systemic steroids during the pandemic.…”
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Epidemiological Study to Assess the Prevalence of Lung Cancer in patients with smoking-associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases: PREVALUNG study protocol by Gilles Chatellier, Laurence Zitvogel, Benjamin Besse, Caroline Caramella, Marine Fidelle, David Boulate, Justin Issard, Olivier Planché, Pauline Pradère, Daniel Garelik, Océane Hache, Lilia Lamrani, Marc Zins, Hélène Beaussier, Elie Fadel, Olaf Mercier

“…We measure LC prevalence and quantify the National Lung Screening Trial and Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NELSON) trial eligibility criteria, radiation, positive screening, false positivity, rate of localised LC diagnosis, quality of life with the Short Form 12 (SF-12) and anxiety with the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory A and B (STAI-YA and STAI-YB, respectively), smoking cessation and onset of cardiovascular and oncological events within 1 year of follow-up. …”
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Estudio de correlación entre diferentes escalas que miden la dependencia al tabaquismo by Jazmin Ripoll Perelló, Paula C. Barrés Fernández, Jennifer Pick Martín

“…Requiring a FTND score greater than 7 to prescribe drugs for smoking cessation may exclude subsidiary patients from receiving treatment.…”
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Construction and results of a comprehensive index for gastrointestinal health monitoring in China: a nationwide studyResearch in context by Zhi-Yuan Cheng, Ye Gao, Fan Mao, Han Lin, Ying-Ying Jiang, Ting-Ling Xu, Chang Sun, Lei Xin, Zhao-Shen Li, Rong Wan, Mai-Geng Zhou, Luo-Wei Wang, Mai-Geng Zhou, Ya-Min Bai, Li-Min Wang, Cheng-Shi Yu, Ying-Ying Jiang, Fan Mao, Wen-Qiang Wei, Wan-Qing Chen, Yu-Hui Zhang, Jian-Ping Hu, Zhao-Shen Li, Luo-Wei Wang, Zhen-Dong Jin, Yi-Qi Du, Min-Hu Chen, Ying-Lian Xiao, Ren Mao, Xiao-Hua Hou, Jia-Ming Qian, Hong Yang, Li-Ya Zhou, Nong-Hua Lv, Duo-Wu Zou, Bang-Mao Wang, Bin Lv, Jing-Yuan Fang, Kai-Chun Wu, Yan-Qing Li, Xiao-Ping Zou

“…The highest indicator weight of GHI rank was the successful smoking cessation rate (0.1253), followed by the 5-year survival rate of GN (0.0905), and the examination rate of diagnostic oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (0.0661). …”
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Effects of smoking on sleep architecture and ventilatory parameters including apneas: Results of the Tab-OSA study by Sibylle Mauries, Léa Bertrand, Justine Frija-Masson, Hélène Benzaquen, Sophie Kalamarides, Karine Sauvage, Michel Lejoyeux, Marie-Pia d’Ortho, Pierre A. Geoffroy

“…Conclusion: This study suggests that current smokers suffer from alterations in both sleep architecture and ventilatory parameters, the later appears to persist even after smoking cessation.…”
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Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation by Moore Graham, Hallingberg Britt, Brown Rachel, McKell Jennifer, Van Godwin Jordan, Bauld Linda, Gray Linsay, Maynard Olivia, Mackintosh Anne-Marie, Munafò Marcus, Blackwell Anna, Lowthian Emily, Page Nicholas

“…Background E-cigarettes are a popular smoking-cessation tool. Although less harmful than tobacco, use of e-cigarettes by non-smokers should be prevented. …”
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SPINE20 recommendations 2023: One Earth, one family, one future WITHOUT spine DISABILITY by Harvinder S. Chhabra, Koji Tamai, Hana Alsebayel, Sami AlEissa, Yahya Alqahtani, Markus Arand, Saumyajit Basu, Thomas R. Blattert, André Bussières, Marco Campello, Giuseppe Costanzo, Pierre Côté, Bambang Darwano, Jörg Franke, Bhavuk Garg, Rumaisah Hasan, Manabu Ito, Komal Kamra, Frank Kandziora, Nishad Kassim, So Kato, Donna Lahey, Ketna Mehta, Cristiano M. Menezes, Eric J. Muehlbauer, Rajani Mullerpatan, Paulo Pereira, Lisa Roberts, Carlo Ruosi, William Sullivan, Ajoy P. Shetty, Carlos Tucci, Sanjay Wadhwa, Ahmed Alturkistany, Jamiu O. Busari, Jeffrey C. Wang, Marco G.A. Teli, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Raghava D. Mulukutla, Michael Piccirillo, Patrick C. Hsieh, Edward J. Dohring, Sudhir K. Srivastava, Jeremie Larouche, Adriaan Vlok, Margareta Nordin

“…. - promote and facilitate healthy lifestyle choices (including physical activity, nutrition, smoking cessation) to improve spine wellness and health. …”
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012 by P Groenewald, R Pacella, F Sitas, O F Awotiwon, N Vellios, C J van Rensburg, S Manda, R Laubscher, B Nojilana, J D Joubert, D Labadarios, L Ayo-Yusuf, R A Roomaney, E B Turawa, I Neethling, N Abdelatif, V Pillay-van Wyk, D Bradshaw

“…The advent of serious respiratory pandemics such as COVID-19 has increased the urgency of considering the role that smoking cessation/abstinence can play in the prevention of, and post-hospital recovery from, any condition. …”
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Rationale and Design of the mTECH‐Rehab Randomized Controlled Trial: Impact of a Mobile Technology Enabled Corrie Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Functional Status and Cardiovasc... by Nino Isakadze, Chang H. Kim, Francoise A. Marvel, Jie Ding, Zane MacFarlane, Yumin Gao, Erin M. Spaulding, Kerry J. Stewart, Mansi Nimbalkar, Alexandra Bush, Ashley Broderick, Jeanmarie Gallagher, Nancy Molello, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah, Erin D. Michos, Patrick Dunn, Daniel F. Hanley, Nichol McBee, Seth S. Martin, Lena Mathews

“…Key secondary and exploratory outcomes include improvement in a composite cardiovascular health metric, CR engagement, quality of life, health factors (including low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol, hemoglobin A1c, weight, diet, smoking cessation, blood pressure), and psychosocial factors. …”
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Genetic Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease: The Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase 3 (eNOS3), Krüppel-Like Factor-14 (KLF-14), Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR), MiRNA... by Rashid Mir, Imadeldin Elfaki, Jamsheed Javid, Jameel Barnawi, Malik A. Altayar, Salem Owaid Albalawi, Mohammed M. Jalal, Faris J. Tayeb, Aadil Yousif, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Faisel M. AbuDuhier

“…Weight control, physical activity, and smoking cessation are very influential recommendations given by clinicians to the at risk individuals to reduce or delay the development of CAD.…”
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Insights from linking police domestic abuse data and health data in South Wales, UK: a linked routine data analysis using decision tree classification by Natasha Kennedy, PhD, Tint Lwin Win, MSc, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, MSc, Jonathan Kennedy, EngD, Benjamin Rowe, BSc, Cynthia McNerney, BBus, Julie Evans, MSc, Karen Hughes, ProfPhD, Mark A Bellis, ProfDSc, Angela Jones, MPH, Karen Harrington, MSc, Simon Moore, ProfPhD, Sinead Brophy, ProfPhD

“…Health-care data before the index PPN established that previous Emergency Department and hospital admissions, smoking, smoking cessation advice, obstetric codes, and prescription of antidepressants and antibiotics were associated with having a future outcome following a domestic abuse incident. …”
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Motivational support intervention to reduce smoking and increase physical activity in smokers not ready to quit: the TARS RCT by Taylor, AH, Thompson, TP, Streeter, A, Chynoweth, J, Snowsill, T, Ingram, W, Ussher, M, Aveyard, P, Murray, RL, Harris, T, Green, C, Horrell, J, Callaghan, L, Greaves, CJ, Price, L, Cartwright, L, Wilks, J, Campbell, S, Preece, D, Creanor, S

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> Physical activity can support smoking cessation for smokers wanting to quit, but there have been no studies on supporting smokers wanting only to reduce. …”

School-based programmes for preventing smoking. by Thomas, R, McLellan, J, Perera, R

“…SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialised Register, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, ERIC, CINAHL, Health Star, and Dissertation Abstracts for terms relating to school-based smoking cessation programmes. In addition, we screened the bibliographies of articles and ran individual MEDLINE searches for 133 authors who had undertaken randomised controlled trials in this area. …”