Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy by Brigid Unim, Giuseppe Del Prete, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Silvio Capizzi, Walter Ricciardi, Antonio Boccia, Giuseppe La Torre

“…OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and opinions of Italian general practitioners about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions and physicians' attitudes in addressing tobacco-related issues. …”
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Bone health and evaluation of bone mineral density in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency by Anna Szeliga, Marzena Maciejewska-Jeske, Błażej Męczekalski

“…The loss of bone mass associated with oestrogen deficiency is greater in trabecular than in cortical bone, thus women with POI have a significant decrease in BMD, particularly in the lumbar spine vertebrae. Smoking cessation, weight-bearing, and muscle-strengthening exercises on most days of the week, avoidance of excessive alcohol intake, and adequate supplementation of calcium and vitamin D are the main lifestyle rules necessary to avoid decline in BMD. …”
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Preventing microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes mellitus by Vijay Viswanathan

“…Diabetic microvascular complications can be controlled with tight glycemic therapy, dyslipidemia management and blood pressure control along with renal function monitoring, lifestyle changes, including smoking cessation and low-protein diet. An integrated and personalized care would reduce the risk of development of microvascular complications in T1DM patients. …”
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Associations between self-reported symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 and dietary supplement use over the previous year during the first pandemic wave by Amy Ellis, Chuong Bui, Christine Ferguson, Deniz Azarmanesh, Han-A Park

“…Micronutrient supplementation did not protect young adults from experiencing symptoms of SARS-CoV-2, but our results suggest that smoking cessation may be a more effective modifiable lifestyle factor.…”
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Psychosocial factors influencing smoking relapse among youth experiencing homelessness: A qualitative study. by Joanne G Patterson, Joseph M Macisco, Allison M Glasser, Amy Wermert, Julianna M Nemeth

“…This study, part of a larger project to develop an optimized smoking cessation intervention for youth experiencing homelessness, aimed to describe how psychosocial factors influence smoking relapse in this group.…”
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Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019-2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey. by Prathiksha Giridharan, Sriram Selvaraju, Raghuram Rao, Kiran Rade, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Smita Asthana, Rakesh Balachandar, Sampada Dipak Bangar, Avi Kumar Bansal, Jyothi Bhat, Debjit Chakraborty, Vishal Chopra, Dasarathi Das, Shanta Dutta, Kangjam Rekha Devi, Sunil Kumar, Avula Laxmaiah, Major Madhukar, Amarendra Mahapatra, Suman Sundar Mohanty, Chethana Rangaraju, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Kamran Zaman, Rajendran Krishnan, Sivakumar Shanmugam, Nishant Kumar, Rajendra Panduranga Joshi, Somashekar Narasimhaiah, Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran, Raman R Gangakhedkar, Balram Bhargava

“…To prevent TB recurrence, all treated tuberculosis patients must be followed at least for 24 months, with screening for Chest X-ray, liquid culture every 6 months, smoking cessation, alcohol cessation, nutritional interventions and good diabetic management.…”
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"Smoking in Children's Environment Test": a qualitative study of experiences of a new instrument applied in preventive work in child health care by Carlsson Noomi, Alehagen Siw, Andersson Gäre Boel, Johansson AnnaKarin

“…This gave nurses the possibility of taking on a supportive role by offering parents long-term help in protecting their child from ETS exposure and in considering smoking cessation.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our findings indicate that the SiCET supports nurses in their dialogue with parents on children's ETS exposure at CHC. …”
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Supervised and Individualized Lifestyle Medicine Therapy of a Patient after Myocardial Infarction—Case Study by Márton Dvorák, Ilona Sztancsik, László Babai, Miklós Tóth, Pongrác Ács

“…Background: In the rehabilitation of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and after myocardial infarction (MI), lifestyle modifications—exercise and nutritional therapy, smoking cessation, stress management—are essential and have a major, long-term impact on the overall health of patients. …”
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Prevalence of Low Testosterone According to Health Behavior in Older Adults Men by Duk Han Ko, Seong Eon Kim, Ji Young Lee

“…In conclusion, high frequency strength exercise and smoking cessation lower the prevalence of low testosterone, and obesity and low muscle mass increase the prevalence of low testosterone.…”
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Documentation of smoking in scheduled asthma contacts in primary health care: a 12-year follow-up study by Jaana Takala, Iida Vähätalo, Leena E. Tuomisto, Onni Niemelä, Pinja Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta

“…For current smokers, smoking cessation was recommended only in 21.7% of their scheduled contacts. …”
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A randomised controlled trial of a tele-based lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer survivors ('CanChange'): study protocol by Gordon Louisa G, Baade Peter, Gollschewski Sara, Courneya Kerry S, Pakenham Kenneth I, Hawkes Anna L, Lynch Brigid M, Aitken Joanne F, Chambers Suzanne K

“…The intervention focuses on symptom management, lifestyle and psychosocial support to assist participants to make improvements in lifestyle factors (physical activity, healthy diet, weight management, and smoking cessation) and health outcomes. Participants will receive up to 11 telephone-delivered sessions over a 6 month period from a qualified health professional or 'health coach'. …”
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Progress on toxicity of co-exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and e-cigarettes by Yujie CAO, Guanghe WANG

“…E-cigarettes, a group of products that atomize e-liquid by an atomizer and then deliver nicotine and/or other substances to the respiratory system, have been introduced as smoking cessation products or replacement of tobacco cigarettes in recent years. …”
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Smoking desire and dyspnea status of patients with lung cancer in Turkey by S. Arslan, D. Özdemir, İ Öner

“…The study revealed a moderate negative relationship between the duration of smoking cessation and the desire to smoke, and a weak positive relationship between the total years of smoking and the desire to smoke (p=0.000). …”
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Alcohol and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

“…The positive findings of varenicline (a partial agonist at the _4_2 nAChR, smoking-cessation pharmaceutical) treatment for alcoholism, provides a new insight for treating co-abuse of these two substances. …”
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Association among smoking, depression, and anxiety: findings from a representative sample of Korean adolescents by Haewon Byeon

“…To promote the mental health of adolescents, effective smoking cessation programs are required.…”
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Diagnosis and treatment of vascular cognitive impairments by D. A. Grishina, A. B. Lokshina

“…The article discusses the issues of treatment of vascular cognitive impairments, which should be comprehensive and include the correction of the underlying vascular disease, non-drug (regular physical activity, smoking cessation, cognitive training) and drug treatment methods aimed at improving cognitive functions. …”
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“A person who do not smoke will not understand a person who smokes and trying to quit…” Insights From Quit Smoking Clinics’ Defaulters: A Qualitative Study by Zakiah Mohd Noordin MClinPharm, Chin Fen Neoh PhD, Nor Haizan Ibrahim@ Ghazali MPharm, Mahmathi Karuppannan PhD

“…At individual level, low intrinsic motivation including unreadiness to quit, low self-efficacy and ambivalence on smoking cessation were barriers to attain successful cessation. …”
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WHO-PEN intervention in Iran's health system based on 5As healthy lifestyle counseling model: A randomized-clinical trial by Najmolmolook Amini, Sakineh Rakhshanderou, Ali Ramezankhani, Alireza Delavari, Mohtasham Ghaffari

“…RESULTS: Based on the observations, significant improvement in lifestyle counseling skills among health workers in the intervention group compared to the control group in terms of healthy nutrition (P < 0.001), physical activity (P < 0.001), smoking cessation (P = 0.03), and withdrawal of alcohol consumption (P < 0.001) was observed. …”
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Determining low back pain factors and effects on daily activities in operating room personnel in Türkiye by Habibe GÜLEÇ, Azize Karahan

“…Considering the disability caused by LBP, to prevent LBP, developing comprehensive programs with hospital management including exercise, coping with stress, smoking cessation, and regulation of the working environment and conditions is suggested. …”
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Management and rehabilitation of moderate-to-severe diabetic foot infection: a narrative review by Chi Young An, Seung Lim Baek, Dong-Il Chun

“…Adequate treatment of comorbidities, including hypertension and dyslipidemia, and smoking cessation are necessary. Additionally, broad-spectrum antibiotics are required to treat diabetic foot infections.…”
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