Does Change in Perception Following Counseling Result in Improved Quitting Outcome Among Malaysian Smokers? by Yasin, Siti Munira, Masilamani, Retneswari, Moy, Foong Ming, Koh, David

“…These changes are associated with a higher likelihood of smoking cessation.…”

Does change in perception following counselling result in improved quitting outcome among Malaysian smokers? by Yasin, S.M., Masilamani, R., Ming, M.F., Koh, D.

“…These changes are associated with a higher likelihood of smoking cessation. …”
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Effects of short-term varenicline administration on cortisol in healthy, non-smoking adults: a randomized, double-blind, study. by Mocking, R, Wever, SA, Pflanz, C, Pringle, A, Parsons, E, McTavish, S, Cowen, P, Harmer, C, Schene, A

“…RATIONALE: Varenicline is the most effective drug for smoking cessation, but its use decreased because of reports of depressogenic side effects. …”

Knowledge and practices of tobacco dependence treatment among junior doctors in a Malaysian teaching hospital by Amer Nordin, A.S., Mohd Hairi, F., Bullen, C., Mohd Sobri, M.K.

“…Aims: To determine knowledge and practices in providing smoking cessation support, among junior doctors in a Malaysian teaching hospital. …”
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Worsening dietary and physical activity behaviors do not readily explain why smokers gain weight after cessation: a cohort study in young adults by Tian, J, Gall, S, Smith, K, Dwyer, T, Venn, A

“…The relationship between smoking cessation and weight gain is well established but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. …”

Is attributing smoking to genetic causes associated with a reduced probability of quit attempt success? A cohort study. by Wright, A, Aveyard, P, Guo, B, Murphy, M, Brown, K, Marteau, T

“… AIMS: Pharmacogenetic smoking cessation interventions would involve smokers being given information about the influence of genes on their behaviour. …”

Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2012 reviews. by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Stead, L, Cahill, K, Lancaster, T

“…Updated reviews established mobile phones as potentially helpful in aiding cessation (RR 1.71, 95% CI = 1.47-1.99), found that cytisine (RR 3.98, 95% CI = 2.01-7.87) and low-dose varenicline (RR 2.09, 95% CI = 1.56-2.78) aid smoking cessation, and found that training health professionals in smoking cessation improves patient cessation rates (RR 1.60, 95% CI = 1.26-2.03). …”

Genetic variation in dopaminergic pathways and short-term effectiveness of the nicotine patch. by Johnstone, E, Yudkin, P, Hey, K, Roberts, S, Welch, S, Murphy, M, Griffiths, SE, Walton, RT

“…Our results support the need for further investigation into personalized therapies for smoking cessation based on individual genotype.…”

A comparison of smoking behaviour characteristics between Caucasian smokers in the United Kingdom and Malay smokers in Malaysia by Robson, N.Z.

“…Social reasons and the social environment play a role in smoking uptake, smoking maintenance and smoking cessation and this should be borne in mind for strategies planning to promote smoking cessation.…”
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The changes in saliva cotinine during Ramadhan among a group of Muslim smokers in Malaysia by Zulkifley, Nuraisyah Hani, Ismail, Suriani, Abdul Manaf, Rosliza

“…This can provide an opportunity for easier initiation of smoking cessation for the smokers.…”
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Why do i smoke? exploring young women’s accounts on smoking in Singapore. by Teo, Haowen.

“…Quantitative research has indicated that smoking has a clear inverse relationship to socio-economic status while smoking cessation shares a positive correlation with high socio-economic status. …”
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Motivation is not enough: prediction of risk behavior following diagnosis of coronary heart disease from the theory of planned behavior. by Johnston, D, Johnston, M, Pollard, B, Kinmonth, A, Mant, D

“…The outcome measures were self-report measures of exercise plus objective measures of fitness (distance walked in 6 min) and cotinine-confirmed smoking cessation. In multivariate analyses incorporating both PBC and intention, PBC predicted exercise, distance walked, and smoking cessation, but intention was not a reliable independent predictor of any health behavior measured. …”

Smoking treatment optimisation in pharmacies (STOP): A cluster randomised pilot trial of a training intervention by Madurasinghe, VW, Sohanpal, R, James, W, Steed, L, Eldridge, S, Taylor, SJC, Griffiths, C, Walton, R

“…Thus, we conducted feasibility studies for an intervention to enhance delivery of the NHS Smoking Cessation Service.</p><br /> <p><strong>Methods:</strong><br /> The overall aims were to assess acceptability and feasibility of conducting the intervention in community pharmacies and piloting this with a cluster randomised trial. …”

Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence by Hollands, GJ, Naughton, F, Farley, A, Lindson, N, Aveyard, P

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Pharmacological treatments for tobacco dependence, such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), have been shown to be safe and effective interventions for smoking cessation. Higher levels of adherence to these medications increase the likelihood of sustained smoking cessation, but many smokers use them at a lower dose and for less time than is optimal. …”

Vaccination against nicotine: an emerging therapy for tobacco dependence. by Maurer, P, Bachmann, M

“…Together with strong conditional reinforcements, unaided smoking cessation attempts are notoriously unsuccessful and even the most recently introduced pharmacotherapy, varenicline, only achieves a 23% continuous abstinence rate after 1 year. …”

Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2013 reviews. by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Stead, L, Cahill, K, Lancaster, T

“…This update summarizes and comments on these reviews as well as on a review of psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in pregnant women, and presents pooled results from reviews of cessation interventions. …”

Cessation of smoking trial in the emergency department (COSTED): a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Pope, I, Clark, LV, Clark, A, Ward, E, Belderson, P, Stirling, S, Parrott, S, Li, J, Coats, T, Bauld, L, Holland, R, Gentry, S, Agrawal, S, Bloom, BM, Boyle, AA, Gray, AJ, Morris, MG, Livingstone-Banks, J, Notley, C

“…The Emergency Department (ED) represents a potentially valuable opportunity to deliver a smoking cessation intervention if it is sufficiently resourced. …”

Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium by Ordóñez-Mena, J, Schöttker, B, Mons, U, Jenab, M, Freisling, H, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, O'Doherty, MG, Scott, A, Kee, F, Stricker, B, Hofman, A, de Keyser, C, Ruiter, R, Söderberg, S, Jousilahti, P, Kuulasmaa, K, Freedman, N, Wilsgaard, T, de Groot, L, Kampman, E, Håkansson, N, Orsini, N, Wolk, A, Nilsson, L, Tjønneland, A, Pająk, A, Malyutina, S, Kubínová, R, Tamosiunas, A, Bobak, M, Katsoulis, M, Orfanos, P, Boffetta, P, Trichopoulou, A, Brenner, H

“…These findings may be helpful in more effectively communicating the harmful effects of smoking and the beneficial effect of smoking cessation.…”

Conflict about quitting predicts the decision to stop smoking gradually or abruptly: evidence from stop smoking clinics in Malaysia by Wee, L.H., Shahab, L., Bulgiba, A., West, R.

“…The finding that smokers who display greater conflict about quitting are more likely to choose gradual cessation may explain contradictory findings in the literature regarding the effectiveness of different methods of smoking cessation.…”
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The association between nicotine dependence and smoking practices among Malay male smokers working in Selangor municipalities by A. F., Ahmad Farhan, I., Suriani, A. R., Hejar, Z. Abidin, E., Saliluddin, S. M.

“…It radically contributes to adverse health effects and influences smoking cessation. Globally the prevalence of current nicotine dependence has been reported as being between 46 to 53 percent. …”
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