INTRODUCTION Smoking prevalence in Russia is one of the highest in the world. It leads to significant damage to the National Health Service. The purpose of the present research was to assess the effectiveness of a qualified smoking-cessation (SC) center in Moscow, and to identify the main determinants of smoking cessation. METHODS The subjects of this study were a cohort of smokers (n=524) who ...

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking irritates and damages the respiratory tract and contributes to a higher risk of developing lung emphysema. At present, smoking cessation is the only effective treatment for reducing the progression of lung emphysema, however, there is hardly anything known about the effects of smoking cessation on cytokine and chemokine levels in the airways. To the best of our knowle...

BACKGROUND Hard core smokers have been studied in many countries but only a few trials have compared the effectiveness of smoking cessation with other smokers. The objective of this study was to compare the frequencies of success in smoking cessation between hard-core smokers and other smokers. METHODS Data were collected in Clermont-Ferrand from the Emile Roux dispensary 'Pneumology and Toba...

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking remains the single largest cause of premature death in the United Kingdom. As part of the government's national service framework for coronary heart disease, smoking cessation forms a key part of the strategy. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of bupropion treatment for smoking cessation in a general practice setting, measuring continuous abstinence from s...

BACKGROUND Aversion therapy pairs the pleasurable stimulus of smoking a cigarette with some unpleasant stimulus. The objective is to extinguish the urge to smoke. OBJECTIVES This review has two aims. First, to determine the efficacy of rapid smoking and other aversive methods in helping smokers stop smoking. Second, to determine whether there is a dose-response effect on smoking cessation at ...

BACKGROUND Smoking prevalence in Italy decreased by 37% from 1980 to now. This is due to changes in smoking initiation and cessation rates and is in part attributable to the development of tobacco control policies. This work aims to estimate the age- and sex-specific smoking initiation and cessation probabilities for different time periods and to predict the future smoking prevalence in Italy, ...

IntroductIon As the Irish government works towards their stated goal of a ‘tobacco free society’ in 2025, treatment offered to smokers must be expanded and improved. As such, it is inadequate to confine smoking cessation to a limited group of specialists and rather, it should be widely embraced by all health care professionals. In that regard, dentists could play a significant and crucial role....

OBJECTIVES Workplace smoking cessation programs can increase smoking cessation rates, improve employee health, reduce exposure to second-hand smoke, and decrease costs. To assist with the development of such programs, we conducted a Global Workplace Smoking Survey to collect information on workplace attitudes towards smoking cessation programs. METHODS Data were collected from 1,403 employers...

Increasing the rate of smoking cessation will reduce the burden of diseases related to smoking, including cancer. Understanding the process of smoking cessation is a pre-requisite to planning and developing effective programs to enhance the rate of smoking cessation.The aims of the study were to determine the demographic distribution of smokers across the initial stages of smoking cessation (th...