Effect of implementation strategies on the routine provision of antenatal care addressing smoking in pregnancy: study protocol for a non-randomised stepped-wedge cluster controlled... by Melanie Kingsland, John Wiggers, Christophe Lecathelinais, Jenna Hollis, Flora Tzelepis, Emma Doherty, Belinda Tully, Justine B Daly, Milly Licata, Michelle Foster

“…Introduction Globally, guideline-recommended antenatal care for smoking cessation is not routinely delivered by antenatal care providers. …”
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Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial by Aveyard, PN, Lindson, N, Hajek, P, Coleman, P, Munafo, M, Lewis, S

“… <h4>Objectives</h4> <p>Standard smoking cessation pharmacotherapy is recommended in the post-quit period, but may also facilitate abstinence if used prior to quitting. …”

Modern pharmaceutical methods of treatment of tobacco smoking by A. V. Rodionov

“…To date, practitioners have a number of drugs for pharmaceutical support of smoking cessation in their arsenal. The review presents the latest data on the comparative effectiveness and safety of modern methods of treating nicotine dependence, including in high-risk patients.…”
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Effects of Aggressive Approach to the Multiple Risk Factors for Diabetic Nephropathy on Proteinuria Reduction in Diabetes Type 2 Patients by Belma Aščić – Buturović, Mirsad Kacila, Mehmed Kulić

“…Dietary interventions with protein and salt restriction, good glucose control, smoking cessation, aggressive blood pressure control, good control of cholesterol and triglycerides, use of ACE inhibitors and ARBs can delay the progression of diabetic nephropathy. …”
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A Brief Digital Screening and Intervention Tool for Parental and Adolescent Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Use in Pediatric Medical Care in Canada: Protocol for a Pilot Randomize... by Nicholas Chadi, Emile Diamant, Tamara Perez, Afnan Al-Saleh, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Jonathan P Winickoff, Olivier Drouin

“…ObjectiveWe aim to demonstrate the feasibility and evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of the CEASE program for parental smoking cessation and its adapted version for adolescent smoking cessation and adolescent and parental vaping cessation. …”
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The PodPAD project: a podiatry-led integrated pathway for people with peripheral arterial disease in the UK – a pilot study by Lisa Farndon, John Stephenson, Oliver Binns-Hall, Kayleigh Knight, Sally Fowler-Davis

“…A tailored treatment plan was devised, including referral to an exercise referral service, smoking cessation programmes (if applicable) and each participant was also seen by a dietician for nutritional advice. …”
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Best medical treatment for a symptomatic carotid artery stenosis Reply by Halliday, A, Peto, R, ACST Collaborators

“…For patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, lifestyle changes (particularly smoking cessation) and triple medical therapy (with lipidlowering, antihypertensive, and antiplatelet drugs) substantially reduce, but do not eliminate, the annual risk of the carotid lesion causing a serious stroke. …”

Is nicotine replacement really ineffective? A reply to Stanley and Massey. by Hughes, J, Fanshawe, T, Stead, L

“…Drs Stanley and Massey 1 used a series of meta-regression analyses of the Cochrane Library review of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation 2, 3 to estimate what the effectiveness of NRT would be if there were no publication, reporting and small sample bias. …”

Point-of-care urine tests for smoking status and isoniazid treatment monitoring in adult patients. by Ioana Nicolau, Lulu Tian, Dick Menzies, Gaston Ostiguy, Madhukar Pai

“…The tests could be used together in the same individual to help identify patients with a high-risk profile and provide a tailored treatment plan that includes medication management, adherence interventions, and smoking cessation programs.200 adult outpatients attending the TB and/or the smoking cessation clinic were recruited at the Montreal Chest Institute. …”
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Varenicline induced auditory hallucinations in a young female with bipolar disorder: a case report by Vivian W. L. Tsang, Saundarai Bhanot, Lingsa Jia

“…Although varenicline has been found to be the most effective medication for smoking cessation and abstinence when compared to results from placebo medications, nicotine patches and bupropion, caution is needed when starting patients on this medication. …”
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Frequency, Knowledge, Attitude and Intent to Stop Cigarette Smoking among Nursing Students by Raja, Badil, Ameer Ullah Khan, Aftab Ghouri, Gulsher

“…The prevalence of cigarette smoking and cessation intentions vary from one country to another. However, smoking cessation is the single most effective preventive strategy for enhancing health and extending life. …”
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Electronic Cigarette Usage Patterns and Perceptions in Adult Australians by Alexander N. Larcombe, Emily K. Chivers, Rachel R. Huxley, Arthur (Bill) W. Musk, Peter J. Franklin, Benjamin J. Mullins

“…A significant proportion of current e-cigarette users (30.6%) thought that e-cigarettes were completely safe to use long-term, although in general, there was a large amount of uncertainty/ambivalence with respect to perceptions of e-cigarette safety and efficacy as smoking cessation tools. This study shows that e-cigarette use is common in Australia, and that appropriate dissemination of unbiased research findings on their safety and efficacy in smoking cessation is urgently required.…”
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Linkage of routinely-collected healthcare data and bespoke research questionnaire data to best serve NHS patient study participants. by Joanna McLaughlin, Andrew Judge

“…Questionnaires would provide data on patient decision-making and engagement with weight management or smoking cessation and detailed pain, function, wellbeing and activation measures. …”
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Estimates of prevalence, time-trend, and association of smoking in adults living with HIV, HBV, and HCV (NHANES 1999–2018) by Jie Yang, Jin-Long Lin, Jing Liu, Xiao-Wen Jiang, Hao Zhang, Lei Peng

“…Abstract Although the smoking rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected people was much higher than that of the general population, smoking cessation interventions have long been ineffective. …”
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Factor Structure of the Smoking Temptation Scale: Cross-Validation in Iranian men by Abdurrahman Charkazi, Masoud Khorramrroo, Rahman Berdi Ozouni-Davaji, Gholamreza Sharifirad, Alireza Abadi, Bagher Pahlavanzade

“…Background: The transtheoretical model (TTM) is used as a framework to implement smoking cessation programs. This model has some subscales based on which the smoking temptation scale is proposed as stages movement factor. …”
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Fumador internado? â A intervenção apropriada by Paula Pamplona

“…Other than provoking multiple diseases requiring hospitalisation, Tobacco Use is also a disease requiring management in the hospital setting, not only in terms of controlling the withdrawal symptoms of the patient, who has been abruptly prohibited from smoking, but also for fulfilling legislation which prohibits tobacco use in the health services, the only efficient way of preventing exposure of non-smokers to environmental tobacco smoke.Treating the in-patient smoker in an appropriate way also provides a window of opportunity for promoting not just a temporary but a complete smoking cessation.Rev Port Pneumol 2007; XIII (6): 801-826 Palavras-chave: Cessação tabágica, internamento, serviço de saúde sem tabaco, Key-words: Smoking cessation, in-patient, smoke-free hospital…”
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The Attitudes of Pulmonologists Regarding Smoking Behavior of Their Patients with Advanced COPD: A Qualitative Research by Mooren K, van der Linden GGH, Pool K, Engels Y

“…Contrarily, smoking was also seen as a free choice by most physicians. Moreover, smoking cessation was mostly seen as the responsibility of the patient. …”
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Electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, nicotine pouches and smokeless tobacco products by Helena Koprivnikar, Jerneja Farkaš Lainščak

“…All of these products are also often promoted as effective smoking cessation aids, but again there is not enough good quality research to draw conclusions about their role in smoking cessation, so they are not recommended for this purpose. …”
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Lessons Learned From Beta-Testing a Facebook Group Prototype to Promote Treatment Use in the “Connecting Alaska Native People to Quit Smoking” (CAN Quit) Study by Pamela S Sinicrope, Colleen D Young, Ken Resnicow, Zoe T Merritt, Clara R McConnell, Christine A Hughes, Kathryn R Koller, Martha J Bock, Paul A Decker, Christie A Flanagan, Crystal D Meade, Timothy K Thomas, Judith J Prochaska, Christi A Patten

“…Our team developed a Facebook group, CAN Quit (Connecting Alaska Native People to Quit smoking), to promote use of evidence-based smoking cessation resources for Alaska Native people living in Alaska, which are underused despite their effectiveness. …”
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Involving medical students and medical doctors in tobacco control before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: examples from one medical faculty in Romania by Lucia Maria Lotrean, Milena Man, Marius Eremia

“…Examples include several projects funded by national and European agencies with a strong interdisciplinary and intersectorial approach such as projects for prevention of smoking and use of electronic cigarettes among youth (including the use of blended learning to educate adolescents during Covid-19 pandemic with regard to this), projects for smoking cessation using information and communication technology, assessment and counseling for smoking cessation as part of screening activities for cardio-vascular risk factors, projects which try to understand the influences of different factors, including smoking, on Covid-19 patients. …”
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