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. …”

Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci by Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut, Liu, Mengzhen, Jackson, Victoria E, Barnes, Daniel R, Datta, Gargi, Melbourne, Carl A, Young, Robin, Batini, Chiara, Surendran, Praveen, Jiang, Tao, Adnan, Sheikh Daud, Afaq, Saima, Agrawal, Arpana, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Antoniou, Antonis C, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Baumbach, Clemens, Bierut, Laura, Bertelsen, Sarah, Boehnke, Michael, Bots, Michiel L, Brazel, David M, Chambers, John Campbell, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Chu, Corley, Janie, Chou, Yi-Ling, David, Sean P, de Boer, Rudolf A, de Leeuw, Christiaan A, Dennis, Joe G, Dominiczak, Anna F, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Eaton, Charles, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D, Foroud, Tatiana, Goate, Alison, Gong, Jian, Grabe, Hans J, Haessler, Jeff, Haiman, Christopher, Hallmans, Göran, Hammerschlag, Anke R, Harris, Sarah E, Hattersley, Andrew, Heath, Andrew, Hsu, Chris, Iacono, William G, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kapoor, Manav, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L, Karpe, Fredrik, Kontto, Jukka, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Laakso, Markku, Lai, Dongbing, Langenberg, Claudia, Le, Nhung, Lettre, Guillaume, Loukola, Anu, Luan, Jian'an, Madden, Pamela A F, Mangino, Massimo, Marioni, Riccardo E, Marouli, Eirini, Marten, Jonathan, Martin, Nicholas G, McGue, Matt, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Mihailov, Evelin, Moayyeri, Alireza, Moitry, Marie, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Naheed, Aliya, Nauck, Matthias, Neville, Matthew J, Nielsen, Sune Fallgaard, North, Kari, Perola, Markus, Pharoah, Paul D P, Pistis, Giorgio, Polderman, Tinca J, Posthuma, Danielle, Poulter, Neil, Qaiser, Beenish, Rasheed, Asif, Reiner, Alex, Renström, Frida, Rice, John, Rohde, Rebecca, Rolandsson, Olov, Samani, Nilesh J, Samuel, Maria, Schlessinger, David, Scholte, Steven H, Scott, Robert A, Sever, Peter, Shao, Yaming, Shrine, Nick, Smith, Jennifer A, Starr, John M, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stram, Danielle, Stringham, Heather M, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Thompson, Deborah J, Tindle, Hilary A, Tragante, Vinicius, Trompet, Stella, Turcot, Valerie, Tyrrell, Jessica, Vaartjes, Ilonca, van der Leij, Andries R, van der Meer, Peter, Varga, Tibor V, Verweij, Niek, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J, Warren, Helen R, Weir, David R, Weiss, Stefan, Wetherill, Leah, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yavas, Ersin, Jiang, Yu, Chen, Fang, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Wei, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Kaixin, Amouyel, Philippe, Blankenberg, Stefan, Caulfield, Mark J, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Cucca, Francesco, Deary, Ian J, Deloukas, Panos, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Ferrario, Marco, Ferrières, Jean, Franks, Paul W, Frayling, Tim M, Frossard, Philippe, Hall, Ian P, Hayward, Caroline, Jansson, Jan-Håkan, Jukema, J Wouter, Kee, Frank, Männistö, Satu, Metspalu, Andres, Munroe, Patricia B, Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne, Palmer, Colin N A, Salomaa, Veikko, Sattar, Naveed, Spector, Timothy, Strachan, David Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Saleheen, Danish, Butterworth, Adam S, Wain, Louise V, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Danesh, John, Tobin, Martin D, Vrieze, Scott, Liu, Dajiang J, Howson, Joanna M M

“…We tested up to 235,116 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) on the exome-array for association with smoking initiation, cigarettes per day, pack-years, and smoking cessation in a fixed effects meta-analysis of up to 61 studies (up to 346,813 participants). …”
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Automated telephone communication systems for preventive healthcare and management of long-term conditions by Posadzki, P, Mastellos, N, Ryan, R, Gunn, LH, Felix, LM, Pappas, Y, Gagnon, MP, Julious, SA, Xiang, L, Oldenburg, B, Car, J

“…ATCS have little or no effect on outcomes related to heart failure, hypertension, mental health or smoking cessation, and there is insufficient evidence to determine their effects for preventing alcohol/substance misuse or managing illicit drug addiction, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HIV/AIDS, hypercholesterolaemia, obstructive sleep apnoea, spinal cord dysfunction or psychological stress in carers. …”

Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people living with HIV by Mdege, ND, Shah, S, Dogar, O, Pool, ERM, Weatherburn, P, Siddiqi, K, Zyambo, C, Livingstone-Banks, J

“…All studies focused on cigarette smoking cessation. All studies received funding from independent national‐ or institutional‐level funding. …”