Intercepting Pancreatic Cancer: Our Dream Teamʼs Resolve to Stop Pancreatic Cancer by Jacks, Tyler E

“…While risk avoidance interventions to improve overall public health such as smoking cessation, exercise, and healthy diet are important, active cancer interception remains a fairly nascent concept for this lethal disease. …”
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Referral to Slimming World in UK Stop Smoking Services (SWISSS) versus stop smoking support alone on body weight in quitters: results of a randomised controlled trial by Lycett, D, Aveyard, P, Farmer, A, Lewis, A, Munafò, M

“…Change in weight was analysed in long-term abstainers (13 treatment, 14 control) only because the aim was to prevent weight gain associated with smoking cessation. Abstinence was analysed on an intention-to-treat basis (37 treatment, 39 control). …”

The Role of Active and Passive Smoking in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Systemic Inflammation: A 12-year Prospective Study in China by Chen, L, Xiong, H, Wen, Q, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Du, H, Li, L, Yang, X, Avery, D, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…Among former smokers, COPD risk declined with longer smoking cessation (Ptrend < 0.001) and those quitting smoking for over ten years presented no difference in COPD risk and hs-CRP level from non-smokers [HR (95% CI) = 1.05 (0.89, 1.25), β (95% CI) = 0.17 (− 0.09, 0.43)]. …”

Effectiveness of health checks conducted by nurses in primary care: results of the OXCHECK study after one year. Imperial Cancer Research Fund OXCHECK Study Group. by Coulter, A, Fowler, G, Fuller, A, Jones, L, Lawrence, M, Mant, D, Muir, J, Neil, H, Oneil, C, Roe, L, Rusted, N, Schofield, T, Silagy, C, Thorogood, M, Yudkin, P, Freedman, D, Oggelsby, M, Joyce, S, Sweetman, Y, Bradley, P, Brown, R, Choudhury, S, Clarke, M, Crarer, J, Curt, N

“…MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum total cholesterol concentration, blood pressure, body mass index, confirmed smoking cessation. RESULTS: Mean serum total cholesterol was 2.3% lower in the intervention group than in the controls (difference 0.14 mmol/l (95% confidence interval 0.08 to 0.20)); the difference was greater in women (3.2%, P &lt; 0.0001) than men (1.0%, P = 0.18). …”

A randomised trial of nicotine assisted reduction to stop in pharmacies - the RedPharm study. by Taskila, T, Macaskill, S, Coleman, T, Etter, J, Patel, M, Clarke, S, Bridson, R, Aveyard, P

“…Community pharmacists offering smoking cessation services in the UK are ideally placed to implement reduction programmes.This pilot study aims therefore to examine the feasibility of implementing smoking reduction programme in pharmacies, and also to see if behavioural support and a longer treatment affect the success rate for cessation. …”

Global cardiovascular risk assessment in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: systematic review of systematic reviews by Collins, D, Tompson, A, Onakpoya, I, Roberts, N, Ward, A, Heneghan, C

“…Meta-analysis of reported RCTs showed small reductions in systolic blood pressure (MD -2.22 mmHg [95% CI -3.49, -0.95]; I2=66%; n=9; GRADE: very low), total cholesterol (MD -0.11 mmol/L [95% CI -0.20, -0.02]; I2=72%; n=5; GRADE: very low), LDL cholesterol (MD -0.15 mmol/L [95% CI -0.26,-0.05], I2=47%; n=4; GRADE: very low), and smoking cessation (RR 1.62 [95% CI 1.08, 2.43]; I2=17%; n=7; GRADE: low). …”

The effect of smoking on outcomes following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty: a population-based cohort study of 117,024 patients by Matharu, G, Mouchti, S, Twigg, S, Delmestri, A, Murray, D, Judge, A, Pandit, H

“…Most adverse outcomes were reduced in ex-smokers, therefore smoking cessation should be encouraged before arthroplasty. .…”

Risk factors for death in Welsh infants with a congenital anomaly by Ho, P, Quigley, M, Tucker, D, Kurinczuk, J

“…Improving access to prenatal care, smoking cessation advice, optimising care for preterm infants and surgery may help lower the risk of infant death. …”

The global burden of ischemic stroke: findings of the GBD 2010 study. by Bennett, D, Krishnamurthi, R, Barker-Collo, S, Forouzanfar, M, Naghavi, M, Connor, M, Lawes, C, Moran, A, Anderson, L, Roth, G, Mensah, G, Ezzati, M, Murray, C, Feigin, V

“…Tobacco control policies that target both smoking initiation and smoking cessation can play an important role in the prevention of IS. …”

Setting research priorities in tobacco control: a stakeholder engagement project by Lindson, N, Richards-Doran, D, Heath, L, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…In 2016 TAG conducted a priority setting, stakeholder engagement project to identify where further research is needed in the areas of tobacco control and smoking cessation. <strong>Design</strong> The project comprised of two surveys and a workshop. …”

Adiposity and smoking in relation to risk of endometrial cancer by Omiyale, W

“…The risk reduction was dose-dependent, consistent across tumour subtypes and persisted for more than 20 years after smoking cessation.</p> <p>These results suggest that both overall and central adiposity contribute to endometrial cancer risk and provide support for the hypothesis that adiposity influences endometrial cancer risk through pathways involving sex hormones and inflammation. …”

The old and familiar meets the new and unknown: patient and clinician perceptions on e-cigarettes for smoking reduction in UK general practice, a qualitative interview study by Albury, C, Barnes, R, Ferrey, A, Coleman, T, Gilbert, H, Naughton, F, Aveyard, P, Begh, R

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> A qualitative analysis found barriers obstructing clinicians and patients from easily accepting e-cigarettes for harm reduction, rather than as aids to support smoking cessation: clinicians had difficulty reconciling harm reduction with their existing ethical models of practice, even following targeted training, and patients saw e-cigarettes as quitting aids.…”

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and initiation among young people in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Reitsma, MB, Flor, LS, Mullany, EC, Gupta, V, Hay, SI, Gakidou, E

“…Background Universally, smoking cessation rates among established smokers are poor. …”

Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy by Clark, MM, Cooper, S, Naughton, F, Ussher, M, Emery, J, McDaid, L, Thomson, R, Phillips, L, Bauld, L, Aveyard, P, Torgerson, D, Berlin, I, Lewis, S, Parrott, S, Hewitt, C, Welch, C, Parkinson, G, Dickinson, A, Sutton, S, Brimicombe, J, Bowker, K, McEwen, A, Vedhara, K, Coleman, T

“…This randomised controlled trial (RCT) explores whether a bespoke intervention, delivered in pregnancy, improves adherence to NRT and is effective and cost-effective for promoting smoking cessation. Methods and analysis: A two-arm parallel-group RCT was conducted for pregnant women aged ≥16 years and who smoke ≥1 daily cigarette (pre-pregnancy smoked ≥5) and who agree to use NRT in an attempt to quit. …”

Slimming World in Stop Smoking Services (SWISSS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Lycett, D, Aveyard, P, Farmer, A, Lewis, A, Munafò, M

“…A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) showed individualized dietary support may prevent weight gain, although there is insufficient evidence whether it undermines smoking cessation. Commercial weight management providers (CWMPs), such as Slimming World, provide individualized dietary support for National Health Service (NHS) patients; however, there is no evidence that they can prevent cessation-related weight gain.Our objective is to determine whether attending Slimming World from quit date, through referral from NHS Stop Smoking Services, is more effective than usual care at preventing cessation-related weight gain. …”

Vaping for weight control: A cross-sectional population study in England by Jackson, SE, Brown, J, Aveyard, P, Dobbie, F, Uny, I, West, R, Bauld, L

“…<p><strong>Introduction</strong> Concern about weight gain is a barrier to smoking cessation. <em>E</em>-cigarettes may help quitters to control their weight through continued exposure to the appetite-suppressant effects of nicotine and behavioural aspects of vaping. …”

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? an interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to 2022 by Heath, L, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Aveyard, P, Wherton, J, Nicholson, BD, Stevens, R

“…By June 2022, advice on smoking (slope change −0.02 events per hundred patient years/month (EPH/month); 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.17, 0.21), obesity (0.06 EPH/month; 95% CI 0.01, 0.12), alcohol (0.02 EPH/month; 95% CI -0.01, 0.05) and physical inactivity (0.05 EPH/month; 95% CI 0.01, 0.09) had not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Similarly, smoking cessation referral remained lower (0.01 EPH/month; 95% CI -0.01, 0.09), excess alcohol referral returned to similar levels (0.0005 EPH/month; 95% CI 0.0002, 0.0008), while referral for obesity (0.14 EPH/month; 95% CI 0.10, 0.19) and physical inactivity (0.01 EPH/month; 95% CI 0.01, 0.02) increased relative to pre-pandemic rates.…”

The use of e-cigarettes among university students in Malaysia by Wan Puteh, Sharifa Ezat, Abdul Manap, Roslina, Maharani, Hassan, Ahmad, Izzah Syazwani, Idris, Idayu Badilla, Md Sham, Fariza, Yu Lin, Andrea Ban, Soo Chun, Ian, Pakri Mohamad, Mohamed Rashidi, Mokhtar, Ahmad Irdha, Zakaria, Hazli, Lee, Jing, Amer Nordin, Amer Siddiq, Ariaratnam, Suthahar, Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman

“…Overall, 57.8% of the respondents used e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool, while others consider e-cigarettes a self-image enhancing tool or as part of social activities. …”

Development of community pharmacy database on-line interactive retrieval system for electronic drug information / Prof Dr. Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed, Mustafar Kamal Hamzah dan Ezlina... by Abdul Majeed, Abu Bakar, Hamzah, Mustafar Kamal, Usir, Ezlina

“…Some community pharmacists provide specialized services to help patients manage diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, and high blood pressure. A good user-friendly drug information system for the use of community pharmacists is lacking. …”
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Self management of patients with mild COPD in primary care: Randomised controlled trial by Jolly, K, Sidhu, MS, Hewitt, CA, Coventry, PA, Daley, A, Jordan, R, Heneghan, C, Singh, S, Ives, N, Adab, P, Jowett, S, Varghese, J, Nunan, D, Ahmed, K, Dowson, L, Fitzmaurice, D

“…The coaching promoted accessing smoking cessation services, increasing physical activity, medication management, and action planning (4 sessions over 11 weeks; postal information at weeks 16 and 24). …”