BACKGROUND Smoking is the number one cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally and although many countries have invested heavily in smoking cessation programs, 21% of the global population still smoke. Post cessation weight gain has been identified as a barrier to attempting cessation and is implicated in the high rates of relapse. Naltrexone has been touted as a possible solution t...

Background Smoking cessation advice provided by healthcare professionals can be effective in increasing smoking cessation among patients. Any successful intervention will require staff knowledge of local barriers to implementation. However, the views of Irish healthcare professionals in increasing provision of smoking cessation advice and these barriers are unknown. The aim of this qualitative ...

AIMS To use a unique longitudinal data set to assess the association between e-cigarette use while smoking with smoking cessation attempts, cessation and substantial reduction, taking into account frequency of use and key potential confounders. DESIGN Web-based survey, baseline November/December 2012, 1-year follow-up in December 2013. SETTING Great Britain. PARTICIPANTS National general ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate smoking prevalence and cessation services provided by male physicians in hospitals in three Chinese cities. METHODS Data were collected from a survey of male physicians employed at 33 hospitals in Changsha, Qingdao and Wuxi City (n=720). Exploratory factor analysis was performed to identify latent variables, and confirmatory structural equation modelling analysis was ...

BACKGROUND With 360 million smokers, China consumes more cigarettes than any other country in the world. Given that 620 million Chinese own smartphones, smartphone apps for smoking cessation are increasingly used in China to help smokers quit. OBJECTIVE This study analyzed and evaluated the contents of all smoking cessation apps (iOS and Android) available in China, applying the China Clinica...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the processes of change, demographic, health- and smoking-related predictors of both smoking cessation and smoking reduction in adolescents. METHODS Data were drawn from a sample of 755 adolescent smokers who participated in a study testing the efficacy of a text messaging-based intervention for smoking cessation. Demographic, health- and smoking-related variables wer...

OBJECTIVES Smoking is the most important risk factor for bladder cancer and smoking cessation is associated with reduced risk of tumor recurrence and progression. The aim of this study is to assess the awareness of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients regarding the importance of smoking cessation, determine their access to smoking cessation programs and the effects of smoking ces...

Randomized clinical trail for the evaluation of non-pharmacological smoking cessation interventions in Syria Smoking cessation interventions are still not widely available to all smokers, and in many developing countries there are no tested smoking cessation programs that suit the local culture and specificities of smokers. One of the main aims of the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies (SCTS) is...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation can significantly reduce the risk of developing smoking-related diseases. Several face-to-face and web-based treatments have shown to be effective. Blending of web-based and face-to-face treatment is expected to improve smoking cessation treatment. The primary objective of this study is to compare the prolonged abstinence rate of the blended smoking cessation treatm...