This cross-sectional study assessed changes between 1999 and 2003 in attitudes among Swedish general practitioners (GPs) toward smoking cessation activities and also assessed the effect of a nationwide quitline on GPs' smoking cessation activities. A random sample of 621 Swedish GPs answered a questionnaire mailed to their home addresses in spring 2003. When possible, the results of the present...

To foster successful smoking cessation, public health professionals need to understand better the reasons why smokers quit smoking. Although researchers have studied smokers' characteristics that may predict smoking cessation, few studies have examined the relationships between reasons stated for quitting and successful smoking cessation. We examined six reasons for smoking cessation and their ...

Introduction: Fasting during Ramadan provides an opportunistic setting for smoking cessation intervention. Smokers find it easy to cease smoking during Ramadan due to the religion, cultural and environmental influences. This study aims to determine the changes in smoking behaviour during Ramadan among Malay Muslim male students who were current smokers. Methods: This is cross sectional study us...

The study aim was to investigate the potential of salivary biochemical assessments determine smoking cessation in patients under programs. validated behavior and degree nicotine dependence using Fagerström test for smokers non-smokers. Protein components were examined Raman spectroscopy. Salivary matrix metalloproteinases-8 (MMP-8) levels analyzed Quantikine human total MMP-8 immunoassay-kits. ...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation rates have remained stagnant globally. This study was conducted to explore the factors associated with successful smoking cessation among South Korean adult males using nationally representative data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) from 2007 to 2012. A comparison was made between successful quitters and those who failed to q...

introduction: fasting during ramadan provides an opportunistic setting for smoking cessation intervention. smokers find it easy to cease smoking during ramadan due to the religion, cultural and environmental influences. this study aims to determine the changes in smoking behaviour during ramadan among malay muslim male students who were current smokers. methods: this is cross sectional study us...

recent years as an alternative system for delivering smoking cessation services. The convenience of telephone counseling encourages program participation, which has been a significant barrier for formal treatment programs (Fiore et al., 1991; Lichtenstein and Hollis, 1992). Telephone quitlines can also be centralized; for example, one toll-free number can provide most cessation services to smok...