Effective tobacco control measures: agreement among medical students by Stella Regina Martins, Renato Batista Paceli, Marco Antônio Bussacos, Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes, Gustavo Faibischew Prado, Elisa Maria Siqueira Lombardi, Mário Terra-Filho, Ubiratan Paula Santos

“…The level of agreement with the World Health Organization recommendations was high, except for the components “received smoking cessation training” and “raising taxes is effective to reduce the prevalence of smoking”. …”
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If you quit smoking, this could happen to you: investigating framing and modeling effects in an anti-smoking serious game by Kim, Jihyun, Song, Hayeon, Merrill, Kelly, Jung, Younbo, Kwon, Remi Junghuem

“…Various interventions have been suggested to aid in smoking cessation. However, little is known about the effects of message framing in narratives embedded in serious games. …”
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Smoking is associated with higher risk of contracting bacterial infection and pneumonia, intensive care unit admission and death by Stattin, K, Eriksson, M, Frithiof, R, Kawati, R, Crockett, D, Hultström, M, Lipcsey, M

“…The risk of contracting and dying in infection and pneumonia increased in a dose-response manner with number of pack years smoked and decreased with years since smoking cessation. Conclusion: Smoking is associated with contracting and dying in any infection and pneumonia and the risk increases with pack years smoked, highlighting the importance of both primary prevention and smoking cessation.…”

Secondary prevention after myocardial infarction: How completely are research findings adopted in practice? by Dovey, S, Hicks, N, Lancaster, T, Volmink, J, Fowler, G, Neil, A, Mayou, R

“…Advice on physical activity was offered to 275 patients (45%), dietary advice to 172 (50% of patients with a total cholesterol concentration ≥ 5.5 mmol/l), and smoking cessation advice to 62 (37% of smokers). There were no differences in drug prescription rates between men and women, but women overall were significantly less likely to receive smoking cessation advice and older women, aged 60-79, were less likely to receive advice on physical activity. …”

Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: systematic review with meta-analyses by Butler, AR, Lindson, N, Fanshawe, TR, Theodoulou, A, Begh, R, Hajek, P, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…However, there is less certainty regarding how long people continue to use e-cigarettes after smoking cessation attempts. We set out to synthesise data on the proportion of people still using e-cigarettes or other study products at 6 months or longer in studies of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. …”

Tobacco control among health professionals from the perspective of an educational institution - nurses' awareness of the importance of non-smoking behavior and the role of the Ange... by Sanela Pivač, Marta Smodiš

“…Furthermore, we suggest the formation of work groups with lecturers and other professional staff members who can provide support in smoking cessation to both health professionals and students. …”
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Diabetics can quit without gaining weight by Aliki Korkontzelou, Driva Stamatina, Sotiria Schoretsaniti, Zafeiria Barbaressou, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Vasiliki Saltagianni, Alexander Osarogue, Sotirios Gyftopoulos, Martha Andritsou, Sofia Pappa, Vasiliki Papadopoulou, Serena Tonstad, Christina Gratziou, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Paraskevi Katsaounou

“…Objectives We intend to shed light on diabetic smoker traits in order to organize a smoking cessation program that fulfils their needs. Methods We organized an intense smoking cessation program for diabetic smokers from a multidisciplinary team, using intense behavioural support, pharmaceutical treatment and advice for physical activity. …”
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Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of random nicotine delivery on cigarettes per day and smoke exposure by Jessica M. Yingst, Courtney Lester, Craig Livelsberger, Sophia I. Allen, Erin Hammett, Susan Veldheer, Breianna Hummer, Candace Bordner, Junjia Zhu, Christopher N. Sciamanna, Neil Trushin, Hock S. Tan, Stephen J. Wilson, Robert C. Twining, Jonathan Foulds, Patricia Sue Grigson

“…The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of RND on smoking cessation-related outcomes including cigarettes per day (CPD) and exhaled carbon monoxide (CO). …”
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Smoking and ischemic stroke by D. V. Neverovskiy

“…Smoking contributes to the progression of atherosclerosis, the elevation of blood pressure, and the narrowing of minor intracranial arteries, causing brain blood supply to worsen. After 5-year smoking cessation, the risk of stroke drops to its level observed in non-smokers. …”
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Smoking and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Sang Ah Chang

“…Smoking is associated with insulin resistance, inflammation and dyslipidemia, but the exact mechanisms through which smoking influences diabetes mellitus are not clear. However, smoking cessation is one of the important targets for diabetes control and the prevention diabetic complications.…”
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Medical management of peripheral arterial disease by Adam, D, Bradbury, A, Gough, S

“…Most patients can be managed successfully with lifestyle modification, including smoking cessation and physical exercise, together with antiplatelet therapy and good control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels. …”

Smoking, alcohol consumption and risk of Dupuytren’s disease: a Mendelian randomization study by Zifeng Wang, Zhenyu Wang, Zijian Yan, Zhujie Xu, Aiguo Gao

“…In addition, there is no causal association between cigarettes per day, smoking initiation, age of initiation, smoking cessation and DD. Similar conclusions were reached by other MR methods. …”
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Meta-analysis of the association between health literacy and smoking by Meng Li, Nao Sonoda, Chie Koh, Risa Yasumoto, Akiko Morimoto

“…Moreover, previous studies reported that inadequate health literacy was significantly positively associated with a high possibility of current smoking compared with former smoking in those that had ever smoked and smoking relapse, and a low possibility of smoking cessation. Conclusions Improving health literacy may be useful to prevent smoking, promote smoking cessation, and avoid smoking relapse.…”
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Quitting behavior during the tobacco sales ban in South Africa: Results from a broadly nationally representative survey by Corné van Walbeek, Robert Hill, Samantha Filby

“…Before the ban, the illicit cigarette market was well-entrenched and smoking cessation services were not widely available. Several surveys conducted to ascertain cigarette smokers’ responses to the ban reported substantial differences in the proportion of smokers who quit. …”
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Hormonal, metabolic and nutritional alterations in smokers: emergency for smoking abstinence by Gláucia Renata Souza Rodrigues, Marcela Melquíades, Maria Alvim Leite, Maíra Barros Louro, Carmen Perches, Ana Lúcia de Almeida Vargas, Sheila Cristina Potente Dutra Luquetti, Aline Silva de Aguiar Nemer

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the biochemical and nutritional status of smokers in treatment for smoking cessation and its association with anthropometric parameters. …”
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Current Developments of Smoking and Vaping, Is Vaping Safer? by Arya Marganda Simanjuntak, Anastasya Hutapea, Bryan Steffanus Tampubolon, Stephani Browlim, Yosep Pebriyanto Napitupulu, Indi Esha Siregar, Suyanto Suyanto

“…Vape fans claim that vaping is the solution to smoking cessation, but this is still debatable. Even if vape is still considered new, numerous studies show that vaping is associated with lung injury (EVALI). …”
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Acute Influence of Moderate Exercise on Smoking Urge, Mood, and Physical Withdrawal Symptoms: A Comparative Study in Smokers with and without Temporary Smoking Abstinence by Saurabh Kumar Singh, Preeti Jain

“…Background and Objectives: The potential role of exercise as an aid to conventional smoking-cessation measures is being increasingly suggested. …”
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Novel hazards of waterpipe tobacco and the benefits of stop smoking in men, a prospective cohort study by Hung Dinh Kieu, Can Van Phan, Hoc Hieu Tran, Ngoan Tran Le

“…We obtained exposure data on the smoking status of specific cigarette and waterpipe and smoking cessation histories from each study participant. …”
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Long-term effectiveness, safety, perception, satisfaction and cost of electronic cigarette among single and dual users in Malaysia by Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed, Aziz Rahman, Shazia Jamshed

“…Background More information is needed regarding long-term electronic cigarette (e-cig) effectiveness and safety for smoking cessation and reduction among single vs. dual users (SU vs. …”
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Ideal and actual involvement of community pharmacists in health promotion and prevention: a cross-sectional study in Quebec, Canada by Laliberté Marie-Claude, Perreault Sylvie, Damestoy Nicole, Lalonde Lyne

“…Most believed they should be very involved in health promotion and prevention, particularly in smoking cessation (84.3%); screening for hypertension (81.8%), diabetes (76.0%) and dyslipidemia (56.9%); and sexual health (61.7% to 89.1%); however, fewer respondents reported actually being very involved in providing such services (5.7% [lifestyle, including smoking cessation], 44.5%, 34.8%, 6.5% and 19.3%, respectively). …”
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