Does Short Message Service Increase Adherence to Smoking Cessation Clinic Appointments and Quitting Smoking?

Adherence to Varenicline and Abstinence Rates for Quitting Smoking in a Private Health Promotion Center-Based Smoking Cessation Clinic

BACKGROUND Varenicline is an effective smoking cessation aid. However, smokers prescribed with varenicline do not always receive varenicline for 12 weeks, as recommended. This study analyzed the subjects who received varenicline and investigated the effect of varenicline treatment duration on the success rate of 6-month smoking cessation. METHODS This study retrospectively analyzed 78 subject...

New anti-smoking legislation on youth smoking and quitting behaviours via a smoking cessation hotline.

The Impact of Smoking Cessation Training-Counseling Programs on Success of Quitting Smoking in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Background: The smokers who use supportive programs have a greater chance to quit smoking. Smoking cessation recommendation is one of the most important prevention and treatment methods mentioned in care guidelines provided for patients with acute coronary syndrome. Aim: The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of training-counseling programs on smoking cessation in patients...

Characteristics of smokers and predictors of quitting in a smoking cessation clinic in Guangzhou, China.

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation programs are well established in the West, but reports on smoking cessation clinics (SCCs) from China are lacking. On the basis of the Hong Kong experience and with strong support from Guangzhou Health Bureau, we established the first SCC in Guangzhou, China. The objective was to describe the characteristics of smokers, measure quit rates and examine predictors of s...

Effects of Smoking and Smoking Cessation and Smoking Cessation Intervention

The threeto four-decade lag between peak in smoking prevalence and subsequent peak in smoking-related mortality was a major factor affecting public awareness of the substantial health hazards of tobacco use in developed countries (Lopez et al., 1994). This factor may be applicable to periodontal disease if this disease is chronically affected by smoking epidemic. We searched the literature elec...