background:physicians constitute a considerable professional influential group; they may be most suited for tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation intervention among the growing tobacco using population. methods:we assessed tobacco cessation knowledge and practice done by 91 physicians in two blocks of khurda district by using modified version of survey instrument developed by francisco g...

background: there are few articles studding the factors associated with successful smoking cessation in iranian smokers. the aim of this study is to clarify the association between socio‑demographic factors and smoking behavior, such as number of failed smoking cessation and duration of abstinence in iranian population. methods: a self‑administered questionnaire survey of 673 participants was c...

background: cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death worldwide. no systematic review is available on the situation of the smoking in iran, so we decided to provide an overview of the studies in the field of smoking in iranian populations. methods: published persian-language papers of all types until 2009 indexed in the iranmedex (http://www.iranmedex.com) and magiran (http://...

Abstract Background: To determine the effect of opium smoking cessation on the frequency and type of microorganisms in the nasopharynx of opium smokers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed in psychology and ENT department of Moradi Hospital of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2008 (Kerman, Iran). Nasopharyngeal cultures were taken from 50 opium smokers b...

objectives: japan has a relatively high prevalence of smoking in men. despite the importance of behavioral patterns on successful smoking cessation, only limited information is available in japan. the present study collected data from former smokers in a rural community in japan in order to identify health status at the time of cessation, predominant motivating factors, and the role of smoking ...